A 25-year-old worker was killed at a construction site in Texas Friday afternoon when he was pinned to a sewer main after the walls of the trench he was working in collapsed.
The construction site accident victim was Mexican national Rigoberto Tovar. Around noon on Friday, Tovar was working to install a storm sewer line located approximately 10-feet underground at an intersection in Alamo City, Texas.
At the time of the workplace accident, Tovar was standing in a 6-foot-deep trench. The earthen walls suddenly gave way, knocking Tovar into the sewer main. He was killed instantly.
Tovar was working for M Construction of McAllen when the work accident occurred. The company is a private contractor that was hired by the city of Alamo to complete the road expansion project.
An investigation into the accident is being conducted by OSHA to determine whether all proper safety protocols were followed.
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