Authorities ID worker who died at OU building site

NORMAN — Authorities have identified the construction worker who died while working on a new residence hall at the University of Oklahoma.

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Modified: June 20, 2012 at 8:04 am | Published: June 20, 2012

NORMAN — Authorities have identified the construction worker who died while working on a new residence hall at the University of Oklahoma.

Authorities say 24-year-old Colby Shaw had worked for Universal Roofing & Sheet Metal since 2006. Shaw fell four stories while working on the new dormitory, Headington Hall.

photo - Norman, Okla., fire personnel stablize a construction worker Monday, June 18, 2012 in Norman, Okla., as an aerial platform lowers them to the ground. The unidentified worker fell from the top of the four-story Headington Hall being constructed on the University of Oklahoma campus. The victim later died. (AP Photo/The Norman Transcript, Jerry Laizure)

Norman, Okla., fire personnel stablize a construction worker Monday, June 18, 2012 in Norman, Okla., as an aerial platform lowers them to the ground. The unidentified worker fell from the top of the four-story Headington Hall being constructed on the University of Oklahoma campus. The victim later died. (AP Photo/The Norman Transcript, Jerry Laizure)

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The state medical examiner's office says Shaw's cause of death report is pending.

Shaw fell from the building shortly after 8 a.m. Monday. He was pronounced dead at OU Medical Center at 9:15 a.m.

Universal Roofing president Jimmy Guthrie tells a local newspaper that it appears Shaw did not properly secure his harness. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death.