Construction worker trapped in Paulding County trench rescued

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - Rescue crews worked frantically on Friday to free a worker trapped in a trench after a cave-in at a Paulding County construction site.

Officials with Paulding County Fire tell FOX 5 they first received a call about a man buried up to his chest at a site on the 300 block of Persian Ivy Way.

Fire crews arrived at the scene to find the man trapped around 20 feet down in the trench.

According to officials, a Paulding County team attempted to approach the trench, but determined the soil in the area was too unstable for their operation. A Cobb County rescue team then responded to scene and began working to find a way to extract the man without causing a second collapse.

Officials told FOX 5 that the man appeared to be relatively unharmed.

Shortly after 3 p.m., he was freed from the trench. He is being transported to a hospital to be checked out.