Dive summary:

• A customer was crushed to death earlier this week at the Montezuma County-owned landfill in Cortez, Colo.
• The man was underneath a trailer making repairs when something failed and the trailer fell on him.
• Police are not releasing the man’s name and say there were no witnesses to the accident.

From the article:

Cortez Fire Department personnel responded to the call. Chief Jeff Vandevoorde reported it appeared the man had crawled underneath the trailer to make repairs.

“Something failed and it landed on top of him,” he said.

Landfill manager Deb Barton said the Montezuma Sheriff Department had taken over the investigation. She said there were no witnesses to the accident and the customer was alone, dropping off a load of municipal trash. ...