Another Workplace Fatality...

COLUMBUS -- A Pataskala man died early Tuesday morning when his work van pinned him against a utility box.

The accident occurred at 2280 South Hamilton Road, about one-quarter mile south of Groves Road.

Columbus paramedics pronounced Bryan R. Green, 52, of Pataskala, dead at the scene at 7:45 a.m., said Det. Patrick Dorn, of the Columbus Division of Police.

A passerby saw Green pinned between the van and the utility box at 7:35 a.m. and called 911.

Investigators believe Green, who worked for AT&T, pulled his work van into a grassy area to work on the utility box. He turned his headlights on to illuminate the box, but it "looked like he forgot to put the van into park," Dorn said.

Green was working alone, and Dorn said there were no witnesses to the accident.

Johnathan Bowman, an employee at a nearby gas station, was the passerby who called 911.

"There was just a little bit of a humming noise, so I thought that maybe he got electrocuted," Bowman said. "I didn't want to get too close when I heard the humming."

Investigators, including those with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, were working Tuesday to determine more about what happened.

The Franklin County Coroner has scheduled an autopsy for Wednesday, and investigators should have a preliminary cause of death afterward, Dorn said.

Green's family on Tuesday declined to comment.

AT&T, meanwhile, released the following statement, "Our hearts and sympathy go out to the employee's family, friends, and co-workers. We will work with his family to assist them as best we can through this tragedy and are making on-site counseling available for the employee's co-workers. We will work with law enforcement to assist as they investigate."

WBNS-10TV contributed to this story.