An Oregon construction company is reeling from its first workplace death since its founding in 1939 – and the victim’s family is reeling from the man’s loss.
News sources say Stephen Smith, a truck driver employed by Hamilton Construction Company, was killed in an incident Saturday at the Beltline/Delta Highway interchange. According to the Eugene Springfield Fire Department, Smith was pinned between an excavator and a barrier. He was transported to Riverbend hospital, where he later died.