One worker was killed and another injured when a 10’ unprotected trench collapsed December 5 less than ten minutes after the two men entered it.
Municipal District Services LLC, based in Cypress, Texas, was summoned to the scene to repair a water main that was accidentally damaged by a gas line technician. In order to reach the broken pipe the company excavated a 16 foot long, five foot wide, ten foot deep trench – the south wall of which collapsed on the two men, burying them in soft dirt and mud.