NORWICH, Conn. (WFSB) - A worker died after a trench collapse on Friday afternoon. The collapse happened on Hamilton Court in Norwich. The job was permitted. Channel 3 got a hold of the work permits.

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The collapse happened Friday evening along Hamilton Court. After being extracted from the hole, Michael Dirocco was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Police said the trench had been excavated to connect a private residence’s sewer system to the city sewer line.

The buildings near the trench was not impacted by the collapse. Norwich Public Utilities, police, and OSHA responded to the ...

Norwich police and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now investigating the workplace death.

A Connecticut construction worker was killed after a trench for a sewer line he was working on collapsed on top of him.