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Contractor killed on IPL construction site

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MARTINSVILLE, Ind. -- One person was killed on a construction site in Martinsville Wednesday morning.

Indianapolis Power & Light confirmed the fatality and said it was a contractor of the new combined-cycle gas turbine power station.

A Morgan County dispatcher said the person was pinned between a trailer and a truck.

State officials say an inspection was conducted at the IPL Eagle Valley facility in 2014 and there were no safety violations.

The person who was killed worked for Chicago Bridge & Iron.

A safety inspection at CBI in Martinsville in 2003 resulted in no violations.

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