(KMZA)--A worker died Thursday morning in a Pottawatomie County construction accident.

According to a press release from Pottawatomie County Sheriff Shane Jager, emergency personnel were dispatched to the Rock Creek Junior/Senior High School in the 93-hundred block of Flush Road in rural St. George around 8:00.

When they arrived on the scene, they found a construction worker trapped in a hole about 12 feet deep. The hole was being dug for a light pole being installed at a new baseball diamond under construction south of the school.

The individual was pronounced dead at the scene.

The name and age of the individual is not being released pending family notification.

Jager said the incident remains under investigation.