Friday, May 15, 2015

WORKER CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A SLAB OF GRANITE IN ACCIDENT AT TYSON GRANITE AND STONE, A LEXINGTON, KY BUSINESS




MAY 14, 2015

LEXINGTON, KY. (WKYT)

A Tyson Granite and Stone employee died Thursday after a slab of granite fell on him. 

Lexington police spokeswoman Sherelle Roberts said police and fire were called to the business at 10:19 a.m. Thursday. When emergency crews arrived, the employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Roberts said the employee was helping people move a piece of granite when the accident occurred. She would not say whether they were walking or driving a truck. She would not say how many people were moving the piece of granite.

An investigator from the Kentucky Labor Cabinet was at Tyson Granite Thursday afternoon to do a further investigation. Police said a preliminary investigation concluded it was an accident. 

Tyson Granite and Stone is closed until further notice.