An excavator straddles the trench where contractors were buried after a collapse. Records from the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office estimate the maximum depth of the trench to be around 12 feet deep.
The incident occurred about 15 miles up the Skookumchuck Ridge. From first reports at 10:51 a.m. on Jan. 9, it took first responders about an hour to maneuver the snow-packed logging roads.
According to interviews with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, around 25 employees took turns trying to dig out Jonathan Stringer, who was buried during a pair of trench collapses at the Skookumchuck Wind Farm on Jan. 9. Contractors told the sheriff’s office around 30 minutes passed befo…
A three-man team at the Skookumchuck Wind Farm was attempting to slip a sleeve underneath a culvert about 15-feet deep. A trench collapse killed Jonathan Stringer, a 24-year-old Chehalis man, and critically injured one other worker who was transported from the lay-down yard in Vail to Harborview.
Rainier's Brody Klein wins over Tenino's Randal Marti during the 2020 Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Wrestling Tournament Saturday morning in Rainier.
Images from the 2020 Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Wrestling Tournament Saturday morning in Rainier.
Images from the 2020 Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Wrestling Tournament Saturday morning in Rainier.
Images from the 2020 Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Wrestling Tournament Saturday morning in Rainier.
Images from the 2020 Sgt. Justin Norton Memorial Wrestling Tournament Saturday morning in Rainier.
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