Worker injured at Sterling Heights warehouse after slab of granite falls on his legs
DETROIT – A man was injured while working a job in Macomb County Monday.
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Things went back to work quickly Monday after the incident that was scary, but thankfully not fatal or life-threatening.
Emergency crews back out at the Stone Warehouse in Sterling Heights after a slab of stone slipped loose falling on a worker who had only been on the job about a year.
Employees say it was one of the wholesale granite and marble company’s smaller sized slabs still weighing in at around 600 to 700 pounds.
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