ELKO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada authorities say a worker was killed while working on a section of the Ruby Pipeline that will carry natural gas from Wyoming to Oregon.
The Elko County Sheriff’s Office says 61-year-old Charles Kuhn, of Dresden, Ohio, died Tuesday north of Elko.
A sheriff’s sergeant says Kuhn was working on a section of pipe next to the trench when it started to roll. He was knocked into the trench and the pipe fell on top of him.
Houston-based El Paso Corp. is building the 680-mile pipeline but Kuhn was employed by contractor Precision Pipeline LLC of Eau Claire, Wis.
