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Texas Man Killed in Ga. Concrete Silo Accident: Police

Authorities have identified the worker who died after becoming trapped in a concrete silo in suburban Atlanta as a Texas man.

Cobb County Police spokesman Dana Pierce says 49-year-old Norberto Galicia Romero of Houston became trapped in a silo at Thomas Concrete Company's plant in Marietta, Georgia Monday and later died.

Authorities have told WSB-TV that two workers were doing repair work inside the silo when one worker lost his footing and was immediately buried by hundreds of pounds of gravel.

Cobb County fire spokesman Dan Dupree tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death.

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