This is me opening a rather fresh, 1 year old grave. The plot allows for burial up to two caskets, one on top of the other. The family decided to hire our funeral home to bury their loved one again, which is always a nice thing, because it shows trust put in our services. This is very important to me as I try to be as professional as I can and I pride myself in that.

The previous hole is marked in the ground as an indentation in the legs area.
I needed to get to the last year's casket, leave a layer of soil on it and even everything out.

What I forgot to mention in the video is, that there was no smell coming out of the casket and that it has collapsed in the legs, from the weight of the soil (hence the indentation on the ground level).
I took me a little over an hour, the mosquitos were merciless and the walls kept collapsing.

The next day, the husband joined his wife in the grave, with her casket being untouched and covered with a layer of soil and his casket placed on top of her. After 20 years passes and if the family wishes to do so, we can rebury both of them much deeper and the plot will allow for up to two new caskets on top of each other. It's a common practice in Poland, due to the lack of space and I myself have four members of my family lying in one grave like that, with the oldest one dead since 1988.

I wanted to dig this quick and I lifted shovels a bit too full, which resulted in my back being strained a bit. The pain went away in two days but I need to be more reasonable in the future. Back injury is the most common injury among the undertakers and I threw mine in the last year already.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Dismantling the grave
0:20 Explanation
0:52 Securing other graves
1:03 Initial digging
1:56 The wall starts cracking
2:23 Dragging the soil around and digging deeper
3:09 Reaching the last's year coffin
3:36 Describing the casket
3:53 Preparing the spot for the next coffin
4:40 The wall collapsing
4:45 Final touches
4:55 The Dead Man's View
5:16 Cleaning myself after work
5:33 Final look at the grave

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