A construction worker in Queens has died after plunging down a 12-foot hole in Queens, officials said.

The man was working on the first floor of a four-story mixed-use building under construction at 45-11 Broadway in Astoria, a spokesman for the Department of Buildings said. He fell about 15 feet into a construction ditch.

He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in Astoria with head trauma and in cardiac arrest, the spokesman, Tony Sclafani, said.

A full stop-work order has been issued for the site while the Department of Buildings continues its investigation.

(AP)