second trench collapse in Oakland County<\/a> within a 24-hour period.<\/p>\nThe Oakland County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and the Orion Township Fire Department responded at around 9:40 a.m. to the southeast corner of Squirrel Rd. and Silverbell Rd. on reports of a worker trapped in a trench.<\/p>\n
A preliminary investigation on the scene found that a subcontracted excavation company was digging for a sanitary sewer installation within the new residential development. <\/p>\n
The 25-year-old worker was inside a trench box when the surrounding ground gave way, trapping him below the waist.<\/p>\n
The OCSO Search and Rescue Team and the Oakland County Technical Rescue Team were dispatched to the scene.<\/p>\n
However, coworkers and first responders managed to safely free the man before the specialized rescue teams arrived, prompting their response to be canceled. <\/p>\n
The worker suffered injuries to both of his legs, officials said. <\/p>\n
He was transported by the Orion Township Fire Department to McLaren Oakland Hospital, where he was listed stable condition while receiving treatment, early Wednesday afternoon. <\/p>\n
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) responded to the site and is investigating. <\/p>\n
The incident follows a similar rescue on Tuesday, where a 35-year-old Ira Township man was freed after becoming buried during a trench collapse at a construction site <\/a>in neighboring Oxford Township.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORION TWP. (WWJ) — A Clarkston man is in stable condition after being injured in a trench collapse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[4553,143,904,145,144,154280,154546],"class_list":["post-382440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-metro-detroit","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-county","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-trench-collapse","tag-workplace-accident"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}