Utah construction worker rescued after being buried alive: officials

A Utah building employee was rescued after being “utterly buried” in an obvious accident on Monday night, authorities mentioned.

First responders had been dispatched round 5:30 p.m. to a building website on Higher Evergreen Drive in Summit Park, the Park Metropolis Hearth Division mentioned.

The division shared photographs exhibiting a big piece of rock face and dust that appeared to have come free and slid down from an elevated space across the building website.

The development crew and first responders labored collectively to dig out the buried particular person, fireplace officers mentioned. 

The employee was aware, respiratory and alert after they had been taken to a hospital in secure situation.

The division didn’t instantly present particulars concerning the circumstances that led to the employee being buried.

Authorities reported a Utah building employee was rescued after being “utterly buried” in an obvious accident on Monday night.

Sean Briley/ Park Metropolis Hearth Dist

Summit Park is situated about 21 miles east of Salt Lake Metropolis, and about 12 miles northwest of Park Metropolis.