MANAGERS AND OSHA. THE SOUND OF CRACKING ROCK ECHOED FROM THE QUARRY LATE INTO THE NIGHT. CREWS TRYING TO BREAK UP AND LIFT THE HEAVY BOULDERS THAT CRUSHED AN EXCAVATOR, TRAPPING THE WORKER INSIDE.

STERLING — A worker at the controls of an excavator was killed at a quarry off Chocksett Road when a section of a rock ledge collapsed onto the machine, officials said. Emergency crews who hurried to ...

Authorities on Friday identified the man killed after a rock ledge collapsed on an excavator at an industrial site in Sterling on Thursday morning. Emergency crews responding to an Onyx Corporation ...

When you picture rock climbing, you probably visualize someone 20 feet up in the air, on an exposed rock wall, chalky hands gripping granite as they pull themselves up to the next ledge. The sky ...

A worker died after a portion of a rock ledge collapsed onto an excavator he was operating at a quarry in Sterling on Thursday, according to Onyx Corp. The collapse was reported shortly before 8 a.m.