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Broken hose spews water at sewer job ■ Another mishap at Annadale site where worker fell into excavation

By MICHAEL SCHOLL; ADVANCE STAFF WRtTER

The Annadale street where a sewer con­ struction worker fell into an excavation hole last week was the site of another mishap last night, when one of the hoses providing tem­ porary water service to the area burst, spew­ ing water into the air. Sewer FROM PAGE A 13

The hose break happened shortly before 8 Last night’s mishap occurred on a stretcher and lifted him out p.m. on a section of Bertram Avenue under­ four days after a worker from with a special rescue pulley mech­ going a sanitary sewer installation project. JRC Construction was injured anism. To accommodate the construction, 'three when he fell into an excavation homes on.Bertram between Hylah Boulevard hole at the Bertram Avenue con­ Cucuzza, who turned 50 years and Allegro Street have been getting tap wa­ struction site. old on the day of his accident, re­ ter through three-quarter-inch hoses, which Frank Cucuzza of Great Kills mained conscious during his or­ connect the homes to a nearby water main. was trying to attach a hook to a deal but sustained back and neck Tire hoses bypass the normal connections to 16-foot steel plate around 9:15 a.m. injuries. He was treated in Staten the water main and are to remain in place Thursday when he fell and tum­ Island University Hospital, Ocean temporarily during construction. bled 20 feet into the hole. He was Breeze, and was released from the Fire Department officials said one of the rescued when firefighters put him hospital yesterday. hoses buret last night when a clamp connect­ ing two sections of hose broke apart. The bro­ ken hose spouted a geyser of water, causing an adjacent home to lose its water supply. Mary Bergin, the home’s owner, said she be­ came aware of the problem around 7:50 p.m., when she turned on her kitchen faucet and no water came out. She looked out the window toward the excavation site, and saw the foun­ tain of water flooding her front lawn. looked out the window and there it was,” she said. Ms. Bergin’s water service was restored around 10:15 p.m., after workers from JRC Con­ struction, the project’s Aberdeen N.J.-based general contractor, replaced the damaged hose. No other homes were affected by the hose break. PLEASE SEE SEWER, PAGE A15

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