Government safety investigators were due in Durango, Colo., Monday to look into the circumstances the led to the death of construction worker.

The 24-year-old man, who has not been identified, was crushed under a five-ton road-maintenance vehicle that that flipped on top of him.

The man was driving the pneumatic roller in a subdivision when the machine's left wheels went off the edge of a dirt road, causing it to roll over. The man who died was driving the roller, according to the sheriff's office.

The man worked for Scott & Sons Excavation, which was performing road work in the Rafter J subdivision.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was called in to investigate the workplace-related death.