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A 44-year-old man died Tuesday at an underground sewer line construction project in Edmonton, Alberta Occupational Health and Safety says.

On Tuesday afternoon, police, firefighters and paramedics were called to a work site at Ellerslie Road and 141 Street in the city’s southwest.

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Edmonton Fire Rescue spokeswoman Sarah Meffen said firefighters were asked to help with a medical call involving a tunnel.

A crane at the work site Tuesday could be seen lowering a yellow cage underground with police officers and firefighters inside.

Police arrived to find a 44-year-old man dead on the scene, Staff Sgt. Kevin Clague said.

Occupational Health and Safety investigators were on the scene of the City of Edmonton’s SW4 sanitary sewer construction project, Labour ministry spokesman Andrew Hanon said Tuesday evening. He did not know who employed the victim.

“(A death) during any project is a situation that is sad for the family and shouldn’t happen,” said Coun. Bryan Anderson, who represents the area.