A worker at a stone fabrication shop was killed after being crushed by a 700-pound slab of granite while moving the stone to a storage rack.
The accident occurred on a recent Saturday afternoon, while the victim and a co-worker were moving stone slabs into the warehouse from an outdoor storage area. The 49-year-old victim acted as a spotter while the co-worker operated a forklift.
The accident occurred when the special lifting device called a jib-boom, which pushed against the A-frame, toppling three 700 pound slabs toward the worker. The worker tried to move out of the way, but was caught between the falling slabs and the neighboring A-frame behind him.
Fellow workers immediately lifted the slabs off of him, but it was apparent that he had died instantly, reports say. Emergency services arrived and transported him to the county medical examiner's office where he was pronounced dead from crushing head injuries.
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