Overview
- Angel Anthony Rojas, 24, a machine operator at Restland Funeral Home in Dallas, was pinned from the waist down by a roughly 2,000-pound concrete burial vault on Oct. 20 and later died at a hospital.
- Dallas Fire-Rescue says crews used hydraulic spreaders and airbags to lift the vault and freed Rojas after about 45 minutes.
- Rojas called his wife while trapped and left a voicemail in which he said he loved her and wanted to go home, according to her account to local and national outlets.
- OSHA has opened an investigation into the fatal incident at the Greenville Avenue facility, according to recent reports.
- The family’s lawyer, Matthew Graham, contends Rojas was working alone on a task that required multiple workers and is collecting information for a potential gross-negligence claim; Restland has been contacted for comment.