STERLING — Just before 8 a.m. today, emergency crews were dispatched to a quarry at 17 Stone Crest Way in Sterling after a rock ledge collapsed onto an excavator with a worker inside, Worcester County District Attorney Joseph Early’s office announced.
Using camera equipment, responders assessed the scene and found no signs of life. The worker was pronounced deceased at 8:39 a.m., and recovery efforts are ongoing. The name of the individual involved has not yet been released.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration is currently inspecting the site to ensure the safety of the retrieval operation.
Responding emergency crews included the Sterling and Clinton Fire Departments, Sterling Police, the District 8 Technical Rescue Team, and other regional and state agencies, including the Massachusetts State Police Drone and Crime Scene Services Units, and the State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.
Does anybody know how to get a hold of youth that were at Mount Saint Anne’s orphanage in the late 60’s/70’s? Mainly female that were in sister Marie’s cottage. My name is Sharon Pillman and I lived at Mount Saint Ann’s orphanage, the old one, the one on Salisbury Street and the new one they built. Edna Wallace and I reconnected and we’re looking for other females that were there when we were there. Thank you. Any help will do.