LEHI — Crews in Lehi were able to free a man who was partially buried in a deep trench.
Tuesday morning, a 10-foot deep trench in the front yard of a Lehi home near 2400 North and 910 West collapsed on a worker, burying him in dirt up to his head and pinning him against a pipe.
Rescue crews worked to free him from the entrenchment and thick, wet dirt, but were concerned about further collapse and injury. The man was transported by ambulance to a medical helicopter before being taken to Utah Valley Regional hospital, according to police.
According to fire officials, the man is a Whipple Service worker.
More details will be posted as they become available.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
