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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Emily Pennink

Construction worker died after being buried alive in trench collapse at building site

The accident happened at a site on Park Road where an old care home had been demolished to make way for a new purpose-built care home - (Google)

Two firms and a manager have been convicted after a labourer was killed when he was buried alive on a construction site.

Gheorghita Arsene, 33, who was known as Geo, died when a deep trench collapsed on top of him, covering him in soil, as he worked in Banstead, Surrey on 24 June, 2020.

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