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Worker Killed By Falling Granite At Ky. Manufacturer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A piece of granite being moved at a Louisville business had fallen, pinning and killing a worker. The accident occurred Monday afternoon at KBR Manufacturing killing 50-year-old Sylvia Walters of Taylorsville, according to WAVE-TV in Louisville. Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell says other employees found Walters under the stone and called for help.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A piece of granite being moved at a Louisville business had fallen, pinning and killing a worker.

The accident occurred Monday afternoon at KBR Manufacturing killing 50-year-old Sylvia Walters of Taylorsville, according to WAVE-TV in Louisville.

Louisville Metro Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell says other employees found Walters under the stone and called for help.

Deputy Coroner Bob Jones says Walters died at the scene from blunt force injuries.

Mitchell says the department has asked Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials to take part in the investigation.