A worker from Nevada died when equipment malfunctioned while he was operating a winch at the Upper Narrows Pipeline Replacement Project tunneling site in Victorville, California, on June 24.The incident happened at the Kemper-Campbell Ranch work site, where crews had completed a connecting tunnel to one drilled from Seventh and C streets, according to the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority.The authority said workers were removing a large piece of a micro-tunneling machine from the tunnel when a winch came loose, killing the employee who was operating it. It caused the winch to travel toward the tunnel entrance with the man
News Briefs: Worker Killed on Tunneling Site
In this week's news, an accident takes the life of a contract worker in California, and testing continues on a one-of-a-kind hydroexcavation machine
Jun 30, 2015
| by Cory Dellenbach |















