Updated: 12:27 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007 | Posted: 12:26 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007
Man Killed In Gaston County Industrial Accident
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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