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GRAND JUNCTION — A construction worker was crushed to death under a 8-foot-long concrete conduit in an accident Wednesday morning.
The pipe, which was 30 inches in diameter, had to be lifted off of the man with heavy equipment after it dropped or rolled on top of him, said Battalion Chief Rob Ferguson of the Grand Junction Fire Department.
Construction workers were laying a stormwater-drain system at a new housing development at 29 Road and Brodick Way when the accident happened, Ferguson said.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate the fatal accident, he said.
