Feds Investigating Worker's Death At Gwinnett Park

SUGAR HILL, GA — Federal work-safety regulators are investigating the death of a worker killed this week while on the job at a Gwinnett County park.

A spokesman for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) confirmed in an email Friday that investigators are on the scene at E.E. Robinson Park in Sugar Hill.

That's where workers with an independent contractor were trapped inside a manhole on Tuesday.

Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services was able to pull two unresponsive worker out of the hole, after pumping fresh air into the hole, which was about 25 feet deep.

A third worker was able to get out of the hole on his own, fire officials said.

The first victim was removed at 1:47p.m. Tuesday, the fire department reported, and the second victim was removed by 2:03p.m.

The two unresponsive men were transported to Gwinnett Medical Center, one in serious condition and the other in "life-threatening" condition, according to fire officals.

Citing federal privacy laws, the fire department would not confirm that the latter man later died.

But the Gainesville Times has identified the victim as 29-year-old Gainesville resident William Jerry Jackson Davis.

Davis's obituary confirms he worked for Simpson Trucking and Grating, the company that was doing paving and grating work at the park, and says he died at Gwinnett Medical Center on Tuesday after an accident.

The OSHA spokesman on Friday would not provide any details on how long the federal group's investigation would take or when it may release findings on what led up to the accident.

File photo courtesy Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services