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Someone is down in a trench on my block. Doesn't appear to be a collapse, and I saw people running to get cardboard to fan someone. Maybe it's heat exhaustion but there's three ambulances 2 fire trucks several cop cars and probably two dozen police and fire and EMT personnel. A lot of people looking in the ditch and I can't tell what's going on.
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Yep, there it is. Wall collapsed and pinned the guy on the wall knee deep or so. You can see his boots in the hole they dug him out of.
Need wall plates below 5-6 ft depth IIRC.
I have violated this rule in a *much* deeper trench in the middle of winter in Wyoming -riding in the bucket down 15 ft it so to inspect archaeology in the walls - I was young & stupid.
@FireMonkey Trenches are treacherous and proper shoring is a lifesaver! Glad they got the guy out, hope they're OK.