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Monday, November 30, 2015Area:
Charlotte, NCConstruction worker killed when 10 inch steel pipe falls and hits his head in Shelby, North Carolina
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Thursday, January 30, 2014Area:
Charlotte, NCState 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.