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re: Today's nightmare scenario: Cemetery worker buried alive in New York grave mishap
Posted on 2/26/21 at 1:13 pm to Slagathor
Posted on 2/26/21 at 1:13 pm to Slagathor
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If you were still alive, you'd probably be wishing to be dead
I can't imagine the force of straps on an already horrifically damaged body... probably cut you into pieces or something
Its only a 7 ft hole. I think you guys are overthinking this. Unless he was laying down or otherwise caught completely off guard, There's a good chance his head was only a couple feet from the ground level and wouldn't have been caught up in much dirt. I'm guessing since he died, he was caught completely off guard.
I'm just saying, dirt that only falls 2 ft is not hurting you. A complete and immediate collapse certainly is bad. But if he was strapped up the excavator could lift him up pretty easily.
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Posted on 2/26/21 at 1:23 pm to baldona
You obviously have never worked in the construction industry. Dirt is heavy as frick, if you are in a 7' deep hole that collapses you will have numerous broken bones and organ damage. Your face may look fine but you will die.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 2:07 pm to baldona
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Its only a 7 ft hole. I think you guys are overthinking this. Unless he was laying down or otherwise caught completely off guard,
The article said he was leveling the bottom. So, there is a good chance he was bent over or on his knees in a crawling position trying to pack the ground. Even when you use one of those tampers, if you are trying to get a flat area you often still have to do some work on it with your hands.
Posted on 2/26/21 at 4:16 pm to baldona
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Its only a 7 ft hole. I think you guys are overthinking this. Unless he was laying down or otherwise caught completely off guard, There's a good chance his head was only a couple feet from the ground level
It would have hit him from one side and knocked him down. It also would have crushed his rib cage and knocked him unconscious. The top of his head probably would have been four feet below ground level.
He might have had the only shovel. Those holes are dug by machines, and you can't dig him out with a backhoe for fear of killing him with that.
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