2 workers rescued after being buried waist-high in soil at York job site
Two workers were stuck in waist-deep dirt after a trench collapsed on their west-end construction site. Afua Baah reports on how rescue crews jumped into action to quickly extricate the trapped men. ,
Posted June 2, 2025 12:31 pm.
Last Updated June 2, 2025 5:31 pm.
Two workers who were buried waist-high in soil at a job site in York on Monday morning have been extricated and rushed to hospital, paramedics tell CityNews.
The two men became stuck after a trench wall collapsed at around 11:40 a.m. at the site near Edmund Avenue and Weston Road.
Both were conscious and breathing when rescue crews arrived.
The first worker was rescued after about an hour, while the second was in the precarious spot for around an hour and forty minutes.
One of the men is in critical condition, the other has been upgraded to non life-threatening condition.
The Ministry of Labour is now investigating the cause of the accident.
