Worker Jeffery Lee McGhee dies while helping to build new subdivision
Authorities say a construction worker has died while helping to develop a new subdivision in Forsyth County north of Atlanta.
The county coroner's office identified the worker as 45-year-old Jeffery Lee McGhee of Cumming.
Forsyth County Fire Capt. Jason Shivers tells The Atlanta Joual-Constitution (http://bit.ly/zrmvwj ) that McGhee was operating machinery on a steep incline when he ran into a tree.
Authorities said the accident happened on Bramble Bush Way in the southeaste part of the county around 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the accident.
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Information from: The Atlanta Joual-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com
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