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Speed and Precision Are Needed To Rescue Workers Buried Alive

Publication Date: 22-NOV-04
Author: Mary Buckner Powers
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A worker was buried with only his hand and wrist visible above the huge pile of dirt in a 15-ft-wide by 8-ft-deep trench that had just collapsed. "His buddies had a Ditch Witch about the size of the ones they use at a cemetery," says David Grice, an engineer with the Goldsboro Fire Dept. engine company that responded to the emergency. "They were about to crank it up and dig him ...

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