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When you're only 4ft 9 I could see how this may be a problem

It's amazing how fast something like that can happen, and if you are only less than four feet down it's crazy to think it can kill you so easily. I'm NO expert but I can only imagine, so this stuns me. I'm glad this young man recovered.

Thanks for the video Very good 👌

Maybe if the rookie operator knew how to dig trenches

"Sittin' in the hole takin' a break..."

I occasionally dig old privy’s looking for bottles with a group of guys and one of the older guys who has been doing it for a long time told a story about one collapsing and killing a guy they knew.

I remember back in college I went home with this very large girl after the bar one night. One thing led to another in the bedroom and the next thing I know I have completely lost my sense of orientation and start panicking trying to grasp for air. I tried to cry for help but nothing would come out. I thought this was how I was going to die. I finally broke free from the thunder thigh prison and counted my lucky stars to have survived such a harrowing experience. I married her a year later and now we have 5 kids. Love you, honey!

It locates a different kind of nugget...

Old snake

Just quit on site when a tryant foreman or contractor asks you to do something life threatening. Its not worth it to look macho and tough around the guys. My friend told me had to run a jack hammer in a trench and acted like it he was forced to risk his life-Well you are not forced to do anything. Say NO, f@ck you and leave.

We need to outlaw baby wipes. Like seriously.

Thanks

Very knowledgeable!

INTERESTING

That's a museum quality sewer machine you have there🙂

if you herd some the old timers storie ive herd in central florida hers a good one asuper entendent from orlando told me he had a cavin on him he stuck his face in the end of the 8"sewer pipe so he could breaththey dug him up with scovels worst one the owner jumped on backhoe started digin the men out first was a arm then a head no names i work for thos same boy snce mid 70s

my bigest my sons iam not around to keep them safe

There is nothing safe about that ditch thats no class c soil should have been a hefty fine for that nonsense

Look at the way your operator slope that trench that's the ugliest thing I've ever saw you have no business in that Trench need more operators with more experience

Laying sewer pipe and down in the trenches, just started last week 22 bucks an hour no experience, when I'm down there shit is sketchy , if a cave in did happen getting us out would be slow going

lets make this go viral

1 cubic ft of dirt can be 74 to 110lbs. So when you put it into perspective, 1 cubic yard of top soil can weigh right around 850 to 1000lbs. So 4 cubic yards of top soil falling on you can mess you up pretty quick.

That's not 3 foot 9 inches. I've never seen a tape or measuring stick like that? Yet, a quick scroll through the comments reveals that it is an engineer's measuring device. At least where I come from a foot is 12 inches not 10. 😳😁

Ok, this point has been alluded to, but I'll explain it anyway. I heard them say the clump of soil rolled off the top of the trench, not the side wall caved in. So the main issue here is the bund of spoil was being cast way too close to the edge of the trench wall. Depending on the soil type, depends on the safe angle of repose. To be safe the edge of the spoil bund should be a min distance away from the edge of the trench wall. Having soil piled up on the edge of the trench wall is bad. 1. You are putting undue weight on the edge of the trench wall, increasing chance of wall cave in. 2. The closer the spoil is to the trench wall the more likely the spoil will fall back into the trench - as is what happened in the video description. One last note. The picture of the site was telling. The site was a mess, it should have been open level ground with a trench and a bund of spoil along one side of the trench, but it looked like a shit show.

Had a live 15" force main let go while I was working in a 22' deep trench with double stackedtrench boxes. It doesn't matter how fast you think you are you can't outrun that much liquid. Almost drowned in human excrement that day

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR SON.

Looks More like 4’ 2”

The trench is actually 3' 9/10ths as you can plainly see that's an engineers scale.

i have run a gradall excavator for 15 years and i have no problem yelling at guys (and i am usually a very quiet person) for all different kinds of saftey situations

Deeper than wide, shore it up boys and gals.

What kind can detect can detect nuggets or treasure

White people

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I work for a small road maintenance department. This video will be used in one of our safety meetings in the near future.

Very nice.

The first thing in our trench rescue class was the instructor saying that trench rescues are really rare. it's almost always a recovery.

It wasn't the trench wall that caved on him. It was excavated soil placed on the top of the trench edge. So, in effect, it was deeper than 3'-9". Is my understanding incorrect? I'm glad your okay, young man. That had to be terrifying.

I was in a trench about 6 feet deep with no box. Grade C soil. I was in my knees cutting pipe. Noone was spitting not sure why. Out of nowhere about half a full bucket full of mud and clay fell on me I was face first in that whole with water.. I'll tell you what I know the feeling he's talking about when he said he thought he was gonna die. I'll never forget that feeling it was the worst I've ever felt. Somehow I was just to lucky. Tailman pulled me right out and I walked away with nothing but a slightly sore shoulder... It's not worth it guys.... If there is not a box or it's not sloped to perfection just don't get in the hole.

That grade rod was in tenths not inches... Smh

One day UA-cam will recommend this video in the future

good thing you are alive

Nice training video.