DATE: Wednesday, August 27, 1997 TAG: 9708270580 SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B14 EDITION: FINAL SOURCE: STAFF REPORT DATELINE: VIRGINIA BEACH LENGTH: 24 lines
A Virginia Beach man was killed Tuesday afternoon in an industrial accident in the 3700 block of Indian River Road.
The man was identified as 31-year-old Gene Gossman, of the 1500 block of Crescent Point Lane.
Workers from Mid-Eastern Builders Inc. of Chesapeake were installing cement sewer pipes about 1:35 p.m. when the accident occurred, said police spokesman Lou Thurston. Gossman was standing in a large hole as an excavator was removing dirt from the hole near the sewer pipes.
Somehow, Gossman became pinned between a bucket of the excavator and the cement pipe, police said.
He was taken to the trauma unit at Virginia Beach General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 2:43 p.m.
The accident is being investigated by homicide detectives and by OSHA, Thurston said. KEYWORDS: ACCIDENT GENERAL FATALITY
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