It happened at 12:54 p.m. Saturday at the Robert J. Koegel Public Works Complex, located on the 1300 block of North Woodbine Avenue in Penn Valley.
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The Lower Merion Refuse Department was accepting household trash and recycling as part of a Fall Clean-up Event.
VIDEO: Pit rescue
According to police, the man fell 45 feet into the trash pit while unloading garbage from a U-Haul truck.
Fire and ambulance crews responded and rescued the victim.
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He was rushed to Lankenau Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 p.m.
The Fall Clean-up Event was cancelled for the rest of the day after the accident. The event will re-open Sunday at 8 a.m.