Industrial accident kills 1 in southwest Charlotte

Industrial accident kills 1 in southwest Charlotte

Industrial accident kills 1 in southwest Charlotte

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by CALEB TROOP / WCNC.com

WCNC.com

Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:08 AM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- One person was killed in a southwest Charlotte industrial accident late Tuesday afternoon.

The incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. in the 9200 block of Forsyth Park Drive just north of Westinghouse Boulevard at the SSD Drives Division facility owned by Parker Hannifan Corporation.

One person died after being crushed by a large cabinet at the facility, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said.

A second victim was taken to Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville with non-life threatening injuries.

Further details have not been released.  It's unclear if the victims were employees at the facility.

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