A routine loading job near downtown Houston turned deadly Monday morning when a stack of heavy steel beams suddenly shifted, fatally injuring a construction worker, authorities said. Firefighters arrived to find the worker trapped, pronounced him dead at the scene, and called in heavy-rescue crews to move the beams and recover the body. The worker’s identity has not yet been released as the site remains under investigation.
What officials say
The Houston Fire Department reports that the accident happened at 11:39 a.m. in the 2900 block of Clinton Drive. The worker had been standing on the stack of beams while helping load them onto a vehicle when the load shifted, causing him to fall and one of the beams to land on top of him. He was pronounced dead…..