A worker setting up for the New York State Fair was killed Tuesday when a ride he was helping set up fell and crushed him.

State police in North Syracuse said Eric M. Frigin, 29, of Orlando, Fla., was assisting with setting up The Enterprise ride on the west end of the midway at about 3 p.m. w hen he crawled under the ride to place wooden blocks to stabilize it.

The ride shifted and slipped off the stabilizing blocks, onto Frigin's chest. He was transported to Upstate Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The State Police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are continuing their investigations. Frigin was an employee of the James E Strates Shows.

The fair opens its annual 12-day run Thursday.