Construction Worker Dies After Equipment Hits Live Wire

Authorities announced Friday the name of a construction worker who died in what police are calling a tragic electrocution accident at 300 Stillwater Ave. while using heavy machinery.

Juan Orozco, 40, of E. Walnut St. in the South End section of Stamford, was killed while using a forklift to place an I-beam above a sprinkler system, Capt.Richard Conklin said. He believed the beam came into contact with a wire hanging from a light fixture there. 

Orozco was working for the Westport-based company Welding Services, Inc., Conklin said. 

Federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration officials also responded to the scene.