Photos: Buried worker rescued at Paulding construction site

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Photos: Buried worker rescued at Paulding construction site

A construction worker in Paulding County was rescued after being partially buried when a trench collapsed at a residential construction site.

Paulding County firefighters worked to rescue a construction worker partially buried at a residential construction site.

Paulding firefighters brought in heavy equipment to remove some of the material burying the construction worker.

Paulding firefighters brought in heavy equipment to remove some of the material burying the construction worker.

Firefighters lifted the man from the hole more than three hours after he was initially buried.

The man was taken in an ambulance and driven to a waiting medical helicopter to be flown to Grady Memorial Hospital.

Paulding firefighters received assistance from Cobb Fire and Rescue and Dallas Public Works.

The hole after the construction worker was recovered.

Firefighters examine the trench after the construction worker was pulled free.

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Credit: Channel 2 Action News

Paulding County firefighters worked to rescue a construction worker partially buried at a residential construction site.

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