CHAPPAQUA, NEW YORK—
Montesano Brothers Inc.
Fall through surface or existing opening 6 to 10 feet · Fractures
Final narrative
At approximately 8:00 a.m., on 1/10/2018, an employee was signaling an excavator operator who could not see the bottom grade of a box trench to dig farther when he fell approximately 8 feet into the excavation, fracturing a bone in his neck and requiring hospitalization and surgery.
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