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Worker killed in door accident at Home Depot

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Posted 11:48AM on Wednesday 11th December 2002 ( 22 years ago )
LAWRENCEVILLE - Police have identified a maintenance worker who was killed Tuesday in an accident at The Home Depot store in Lawrenceville. <br> <br> A Home Depot spokesman says 33-year-old Gocho Kolev was a subcontractor hired to clean the overhead rolling doors in the rear of the store. <br> <br> Police say he was working on the door from a stepladder when he somehow got caught in it as it was rolling up. <br> <br> Rescue workers spent more than an hour trying to get the trapped man out. <br> <br> Kolev died at the scene. <br> <br> The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the police are investigating the accident. The Home Depot says it&#39;s looking into the accident as well.

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