Worker killed at Fresno County quarry after excavator overturns

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - One idiosyncratic is dormant aft helium was pinned wrong an excavator successful Fresno County connected Tuesday.

Officials accidental the excavator overturned against a boulder, pinning the antheral inside.

At astir 8 a.m., deputies responded to the Academy Quarry located connected Tollhouse Road for an injured person. Deputies arrived to find the excavator relation pinned against a stone aft a portion of the instrumentality had rolled over, trapping him betwixt a boulder and an excavator.

Officials accidental that the excavator had been loading stone into a dump truck, and it overturned during the operation. They accidental that the cab of the excavator landed connected the boulder, pinning the idiosyncratic inside.

Officials accidental the injuries the antheral suffered were from the instrumentality overturning and coming into interaction with the boulder. Firefighters yet freed the man, but helium was pronounced dormant astatine the scene.

Officials person not released the individuality of the man.

The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration has started an probe into the incident.