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Lucky escape
From time to time we hear stories that remind us to be aware of best practices to ensure the safety of every worker around Australia.
Just last month a plumber had a lucky escape after a trench collapsed and buried him at Cannington.
As reported in The West Australian, the 44-year-old was lucky to escape serious injury when the 10m-deep trench fell in on top of him while he was doing a sewerage extension with his son and a co-worker on Woodloes Street.
Local police told the Newspaper the man was stuck in neck-deep sand for at least 15 minutes and faced potential suffocation.
Luckily his two co-workers reacted quickly and tried to dig him out.
The plumber was taken to hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
WorkSafe will be investigating the incident.