Council Bluffs, IA — A worker from McIntosh Plumbing (a local company) was injured last Thursday in Council Bluffs after a trench collapsed as he was working. The accident happened along Adrian Avenue, which is in a neighborhood across the street from Abraham Lincoln High School.
The man was with some co-workers and they were all reportedly working on installing a new sewer line.
As the man was working in a trench, something went wrong and it suddenly collapsed on them. The other workers were able to escape, but one man was buried up to his chest.
He was taken to a hospital after being rescued, where he was treated for non life-threatening injuries. OSHA is looking into this now, trying to determine how deep the trench was and if it needed shoring devices, which are designed to prevent dirt walls from collapsing.
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Map of the Accident
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