re: Today's nightmare scenario: Cemetery worker buried alive in New York grave mishap

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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,

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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.