Employee killed in northeast Calgary warehouse incident

Occupational Health and Safety is investigating a workplace fatality in northeast Calgary where a employee at a quartz surfacing company was crushed.

Calgary police, fire and EMS were called to the rear warehouse entrance of Caesarstone, a countertop showroom, at 3054 15th Street N.E. late Friday afternoon.

Anemployee was working in a back loading bay, unloading a section of quartz from a vehicle when slabs of stone fell on him, police said.

He died at the scene.

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