Overview
- The trench gave way around 8:50 a.m. at 152 S. Shore Drive in South Yarmouth near the Skipper Chowder House restaurant.
- Specialized teams spent hours shoring the excavation with hydraulic jacks and boards and used pulleys, ladders, ropes and a drone during the rescue.
- One injured worker was flown to a Rhode Island trauma center, and another who jumped in to help extricated himself and was taken by ambulance.
- Crews recovered the third worker's body at about 2:45 p.m., and police urged the public to avoid the area during the operation.
- Revoli Construction is performing the town’s sewer upgrade under an $18 million contract, and OSHA records show previous citations as inspectors review the site.