One person has been killed and another injured following an accident at a lime plant in Virginia, according to officials.
The incident took place on June 20 at the Lhoist Chemical Lime Plant in Giles County, Giles County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement on social media. The area is a well-known industrial site for extracting and processing limestone.
Officers from the Sheriff’s Office, as well as Pembroke Fire Department, Giles Rescue Squad, Carilion EMS, Newport Rescue Squad, and Celco Emergency Response Team were dispatched to the scene after receiving a 911 call at approximately 3:58 p.m.
Upon arriving at the plant, officials were made aware that an excavator had been engulfed by materials inside of the mine, trapping an employee inside of the cab of the equipment….