A worker died inside an excavator at a Massachusetts quarry site early Thursday after rocks and boulders collapsed onto the equipment.
Rescuers rushed to the scene of the collapse in Sterling, roughly 40 miles west of Boston, and pronounced the worker dead at 8:39 a.m.
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“Our hearts go out to the family of our longtime employee and friend who was killed in a tragic accident this morning at our Sterling Sand and Gravel pit,” Onyx Corporation said in a statement.
“He was operating an excavator within the safety zone of a 100-foot ledge face when the wall collapsed,”
“We are not releasing his name pending notification of next of kin.”
