Gray, ME – A Standish man died Monday afternoon following an excavator accident at a job site.
John Woodman, 61, was operating the excavator on Bull Run Road around 2:09 p.m. when the machine overturned while working on a petroleum pipeline with Shaw Brothers and Unitil, according to the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office.
Woodman sustained fatal injuries in the incident. Authorities said the circumstances surrounding the accident are under investigation by the sheriff's office, the Maine medical examiner's office, and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.