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Thursday, January 30, 2014
State investigators say a worker was killed Friday morning at a Shelby industrial site when a pipe fell. Emergency crews responded to the site, which is currently under construction, around 9:30 a.m. on Plato Lee Road. The NC Department of Labor says the worker was an employee of United Mechanical Corp. in Charlotte. Investigators say the accident occurred when the cap from a concrete casting was removed, causing a 10-inch pipe to fall and hit the worker in the head. The investigation is ongoing.