Authorities say a worker was killed at a Port Tampa Bay site when a giant pile of sulfur collapsed on his front-end loader.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office spokesman Larry McKinnon told local media outlets that the Gulf Coast Bulk Equipment employee was moving sulfur to a semitrailer at the Port Redwing site Friday morning when the 30-foot pile collapsed.
Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokeswoman Nacole Revette said the man, who wasn't immediately named, likely died from inhaling the sulfur, but no official cause of death has been released. She said firefighters had to work carefully to remove the body so they wouldn't cause another collapse.
Revette says rain Friday morning kept the sulfur from forming a cloud and possibly endangering the surrounding area.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate.
