An 81-year-old contractor was crushed to death in an industrial accident at Kennecott Utah Copper Wednesday morning.
The accident happened on Kennecott property off I-80 near 10800 West just after 8 a.m., according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.
A contractor was preparing to unload nine pipes, each 50 feet long, 28 inches in diameter and weighing 3,000 pounds apiece, when one pipe broke loose and fell on him, said Kennecott spokeswoman Jana Kettering.
William Louie Kay, of Panguitch, was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation into how the pipe broke free was continuing Wednesday, Kettering said. There were people nearby, but no one witnessed the accident, she said.
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