Staff Photo: Brendan Sullivan Gwinnett County firefighters walk back to their vehicles after responding to the scene where a construction worker was trapped in a ditch and was believed to be pinned face down against the basement wall of the house by a large piece of concrete and dirt in Buford Tuesday. The man has been transported to the hospital and his injuries are unknown at this time.

Gwinnett County Police Department's Public Information Officer briefs the media about the rescue of a construction worker who was trapped in a ditch and was believed to be pinned face down against the basement wall of the house by a large piece of concrete and dirt in Buford Tuesday.

BUFORD -- Emergency personnel rescued a construction worker Tuesday afternoon after a retaining wall collapsed and trapped him in a hole outside a Buford home.

Gwinnett County fire department spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge said technical rescue personnel were called to the private residence on the 3100 block of Camp Branch Road just after noon Tuesday.

"The man (was) in a ditch and believed to be pinned face down against the foundation wall of the house by a large piece of heavy concrete and dirt," Rutledge said. "He (was) conscious and able to speak with rescuers."

Technical rescue technicians were using airbags to lift the concrete and other equipment to stabilize the surrounding area, Rutledge said. At about 1:20 p.m., the construction worker who was doing foundation work in a ditch along the back of the home was extricated.

"The trapped worker is now freed and is being transported to the hospital for evaluation and treatment of injuries," Rutledge said. "He was conscious and able to communicate with firefighters."

Officials said the extent and severity of the victim's injuries were unknown Tuesday afternoon. The construction worker has not been identified.

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Construction worker rescued after retaining wall collapse

BUFORD, GA (CBS ATLANTA) -

Gwinnett County Department of Fire and Emergency Services responded toa mantrapped after a retaining wall collapsed in Buford along Camp Ranch Road.

The man was freedjust before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Fire crews said theman wasdoing yard work when he was pinned face down against the foundationwall of the house by a large piece of heavy concrete and dirt.

During the rescue, he wasconscious and is able to speak with rescuers.

Specially trained firefighters worked to freehim using air-bags to lift the concrete and cribbing equipment.

It took a little over an hour for firefighters to free him. The man was taken to the hospital for evaluation.

The man was working as part of a company that was doing repair on the foundation of the home.OSHA was notified this afternoon by fire officials.

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Man rescued after retaining wall collapse in Buford

BUFORD, Ga. --Gwinnett Fire Rescue Team members are at a home in Buford, where a retaining wall collapsed andleft a construction worker trapped in a ditch.

It happened at the rear of a home off Camp Branch Road, just next to the back patio.

Tommy Rutledge of the Gwinnett Co. Fire Department said the man was resuced but could not get out on his own. Crews believea large piece of heavy concrete, along with dirt had himtrapped face-down against the foundation and basement of the home.

Rutledge said the manwas conscious and able to speak to the team during the rescue.

He said specially trained firefighters, known as technical rescue techniciansworked to get the man free, with the help of air bags that can lift the concrete. Theyused shoring and cribbing equipment to stabilize the area to prevent further collapse.

Crews have no knowledge of any injury.

During the rescue, firefighters opened a small hole, with which they could offer treatment and be in communication with the man.

Crews tookthe man to a nearby hospital to evaluate and treat him if he is hurt.

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Collapsed retaining wall trapped Buford man underground

BUFORD, Ga. --Gwinnett Fire Rescue Team members are at a home in Buford, where a retaining wall collapsed andleft a construction worker trapped in a ditch.

It happened at the rear of a home off Camp Branch Road, just next to the back patio.

Tommy Rutledge of the Gwinnett Co. Fire Department said the man was resuced but could not get out on his own. Crews believea large piece of heavy concrete, along with dirt had himtrapped face-down against the foundation and basement of the home.

Rutledge said the manwas conscious and able to speak to the team during the rescue.

He said specially trained firefighters, known as technical rescue techniciansworked to get the man free, with the help of air bags that can lift the concrete. Theyused shoring and cribbing equipment to stabilize the area to prevent further collapse.

Crews have no knowledge of any injury.

During the rescue, firefighters opened a small hole, with which they could offer treatment and be in communication with the man.

Crews tookthe man to a nearby hospital to evaluate and treat him if he is hurt.

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For the second time in less than six months, a retaining wall on a construction site collapsed, causing a scare among workers and damaging construction equipment on Sunday in Derebail here. Fortunately, unlike the incident on November 20, when the mudslide killed a worker and injured five others in the same construction site, the incident on Sunday resulted in no loss of life.

Were just lucky this happened on a Sunday. Only around 15 workers were on the site at the time, where as at least 60 workers are present on weekdays, said Babul, a construction worker from Orissa. Essel Heights, being constructed opposite Derebail Church by K2K Constructions, abuts a hill (on top of which the A.J. Shetty Hospital sits). Workers said an iron mesh had been constructed along the carved out hill and had been filled with concrete recently. However, around 10.30 a.m., the wall and large portions of the mud behind it collapsed. We heard a cracking sound, and saw a crack extend from the bottom of the hill to the top. We started running away, and in a matter of seconds, the mound collapsed, said a construction worker.

Supervisors at the site blamed the dampness of the mud as the concrete on the wall was still being cured for the slide.

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Part of a retaining wall in Bukit Serdang 7, which had earlier showed signs of erosion, collapsed while reconstruction work was being carried out.

Seri Kembangan assemblyman Ean Yong Hian Wah said the Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) discovered the erosion around the wall which is located near Jalan BS 7/7.

It then appointed a contractor to repair the wall, but the wall collapsed when work was 90% completed.

We are still investigating the cause and will check if the contractor had failed to adhere to the project specifications.

A small shrine located at the top of the slope could have also slightly hindered the work, Ean Yong said.

He added that the initial cost to repair the wall was less than RM20,000.

MPSJ deputy engineering director Azizah Baharon said the affected stretch was estimated to be 6m long and 3m high.

The wall was formerly a rubble wall and had been rebuilt to be a reinforced concrete wall.

We will ask the same contractor to rectify the slope and revert to a rubble wall, she said.

Ean Yong has also asked MPSJ to blacklist the contractor.

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