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Man Killed In Gaston County Industrial Accident

Posted: 12:26 pm EDT August 9, 2007

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. -- Police say a man was crushed to death early Thursday by a piece of machinery at his job.

The accident happened just before 6 a.m. at the Porter’s Fabrications plant on Oates Road in Gaston County.

Investigators say the man was cleaning under the machine when a piece of it fell on him, killing him.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into the accident.

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