Employee at Idaho waste site killed in explosion

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Officials say an employee at a hazardous waste site in southwestern Idaho was killed after an explosion Saturday that also injured three workers and heavily damaged a building. 

US Ecology, which runs the site, says Monte Green of Grand View, Idaho, died of his injuries from the explosion at 9:23 a.m. inside one of the buildings at the facility. The company says Green was working as an equipment operator moving materials at the time of the accident. 

The company says three others received treatment for non-life threatening injuries. A total of 15 US Ecology employees were working during the time of the explosion. (AP)