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Note: This is the second of a two-part series on trench safety and the story of a cave-in survivor who dispels the common belief that only deep trenches are dangerous. Part one of the series discusses the need for proper shoring.In February 2014, Jordan Baughn was working in Jonesboro, Arkansas, laying storm drain in a 3-foot, 9-inch trench when a chunk of soil, about the volume of a backhoe bucket, rolled on top of him.“Before I could even think, the dirt was on top of me,” says Baughn, 24, who broke his pelvic bone, ruptured his bladder and spleen, broke a rib
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