SAN DIEGO—Emergency crews worked for more than five hours on June 28 to free a construction worker who wound up injured and precariously trapped in unstable dirt and debris following a trench collapse at a home-remodel site near La Jolla Shores Beach.
The industrial accident in the 8400 block of El Paseo Grande took place shortly before 8 a.m., according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Firefighters arrived to find the worker conscious, alert, and able to speak but stuck from the waist down in a manner that required extreme care in extricating him, the city agency reported.
More than 40 firefighters and lifeguards took part in the rescue, using airbags, rope systems, and other reinforcing methods to shore up the ground so the man could be removed from the dangerous pit he was in without suffering further injuries, the fire and rescue Deputy Fire Chief Brian Raines told reporters….