VIDEO: A man has died and two other men have been injured in three separate trench collapse incidents at construction sites in Southeast Michigan this week. On Wednesday around 2:30 p.m., the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office says it responded to a commercial site in Handy Township near Grand River Avenue and Nicholson Road.
Investigators say employees were placing underground tanks in a trench. The trench collapsed while a 23-year-old man was working, trapping him.
Deputies and workers pulled the man from the trench and tried saving his life. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating all three collapses.
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