BBC News 22 January 2011
A health and safety investigation has been launched following the deaths of four men in an industrial accident.
The men suffered fatal injuries at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, on Friday afternoon.
Police said the men were aged between 26 and 42 and from the Bury St Edmunds area of Suffolk. Specialist officers are with their families.
The BBC understands that a steel structure tipped or fell onto the men.
Post-mortem tests
In a statement, Claxton Engineering Services Limited said building work was being carried out at their premises by external contractors.
Police, ambulances and nine fire crews including urban search and rescue units attended at about 1420 GMT but the men died at the scene.
"We will not be drawn into conjecture on the nature of the incident.
"The aim of our investigation is to establish the full circumstances around what happened on the site yesterday.
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