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A construction worker was crushed to death when he was trapped under a 8-foot-long concrete conduit in Grand Junction this 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 storm water drain system at a new housing development at 29 Road and Brodick Way when the accident happened this morning, Ferguson said.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate the fatal accident, he said.
Kirk Mitchell: 303-954-1206 or kmitchell@denverpost.com
