Authorities ID Michigan Man Killed In North Dakota Oil Patch
ROSS, N.D. (AP) — Authorities have identified a worker who died after being struck by a crane boom at an oil well site in western North Dakota.
Mountrail County Sheriff Ken Halvorson says 36-year-old Paul Green II, of Alger, Michigan, died at the scene near Ross on Monday.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says Green worked for Advance Energy, a Michigan-based drilling contractor. The company has declined comment to The Associated Press.
OSHA is investigating.
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