Michael DeGroot
Michael James DeGroot was a 25-year-old construction worker who was killed, along with 25-year-old Robert J. Baker, when the 17-foot deep trench they were laying sewer pipe in collapsed at the site of the Chaconas Estates neighborhood off Gallows Road in Annandale on July 18, 1978.[1][2]
DeGroot and Baker were childhood friends and roommates who, upon hearing they could make as much as $5.00 or more an hour, had started working for the S. O. Jennings Construction Company the previous day.[1][2]
As compensation for his death, DeGroot's family received a $1,000 workman's compensation payment towards the cost of his funeral.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Seaberry, Jane, and Athelia Knight. "Two Workers Suffocated in Virginia Ditch Cave-in." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Jul 19 1978. ProQuest. Web. 23 Dec. 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Frankel, Glenn. "Families Find no Recourse in Cave-in Deaths." The Washington Post (1974-Current file): 2. Aug 07 1979. ProQuest. Web. 23 Dec. 2017.
Categories:
- Unnatural Deaths in Fairfax County
- Unnatural Deaths in Fairfax County:1978
- Unnatural Deaths in Annandale
- Unnatural Deaths in Annandale:1978
- Construction Deaths in Fairfax County:1978
- Construction Deaths in Annandale
- Construction Deaths in Annandale:1978
- Construction Deaths in Fairfax County
- Construction Workers Killed in Unshored Trenches for Sewer Pipes in Fairfax County
