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Stagehand Dies While Setting Up<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"california\"There\u2019s already a death on Coachella\u2019s doorstep one week before the festival officially gets underway \u2026 TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n

A worker died Saturday morning at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA while he was helping set up one of the many stages at the venue. Eyewitnesses on the ground tell us the guy was climbing the stage scaffolding to do some rigging ahead of opening day next Friday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unclear exactly how or why, but we\u2019re told the man fell about 60 feet to the ground \u2014 as he wasn\u2019t clipped in, meaning he had no safety harness attached to a cable to prevent him from plummeting.<\/p>\n

An Indio Police spokesperson confirms that a call was placed around 9:30 AM PT Saturday to report an industrial accident on the Coachella Concert grounds for somebody who\u2019d fallen near the staging area. Police and fire units responded, but we\u2019re told the victim was pronounced dead on the scene.<\/p>\n

The IPD rep says the exact circumstances surrounding the man\u2019s death is under investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Coachella appears to have carried on without very many fatalities up until 2014, when a female festival goer died of a drug overdose \u2026 which is believed to be one of the first \u2014 if not, the only \u2014 deaths to occur in Coachella\u2019s two-decade history.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve reached out to Goldenvoice \u2014 which puts on Coachella each year \u2014 for comment \u2026 so far, no word back.<\/p>\n

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