A man lost his life in an industrial accident at Nucor-Yamato Steel on Saturday night, county coroner Mike Godsey confirmed.
Authorities are withholding the victim's name at this time, but a family member said the man is Jon Bishop. The body is being sent to Little Rock for an autopsy.
According Sgt. Jeremy Sharp of the Mississippi County Sheriff's Office, NYS employees were moving equipment around 7 p.m. Saturday when a strap broke, crushing the victim, a Nucor employee.
This story will be updated as information becomes available.
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