A construction worker at a new plant being built at the Effingham Industrial Park was killed in an accident Wednesday morning. Effingham County Sheriff's deputies say 26 year old Jorge Leandro-Ramirez was crushed just before 8:30 this morning when the cherry picker-style forklift he was riding in backed into a steel pole. The death has been ruled an accident but the body will be sent to GBI here in savannah for an autopsy. OSHA is investigating.
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