Nikodem Zaremba died Monday evening after being pulled from the trench by first responders.
Nikodem ZarembaZaremba's former boss said he worked as a trained technician at a plumbing company in Carol Stream before leaving this summer.
Family said Zaremba became the co-owner of a company called Rooter Solutions, which is the company for which he was performing sewer repair work on Monday.Zaremba's fiancée rushed to the scene when she heard the news. At that point, the family was told he was still alive. Around 6:35 p.m., he was pulled from the trench and transported to Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, where he later died.On Tuesday, an OSHA spokesperson said it"appears there was no cave-in protection in the excavation while they were performing the work" and emphasized that"trenches must have cave in protection."
OSHA records show at least 20 workers nationwide have died in trench collapses since December 2020. Two of those cases were in Illinois, and one was in Indiana.
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