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Last updated at 2:18 AM on 23rd January 2011
Two brothers were yesterday revealed to be among four men killed in an industrial accident.
Building contractors Daniel Hazelton, 30, and his brother Tom, 26, were working in
13ft-deep foundations on Friday afternoon when a steel structure collapsed.
They were killed along with Adam Taylor, 28, and 42-year-old Peter Johnson.
Members of the Health and Safety Executive enter the offshore engineering company Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk where four men died after the steel structure they were working on collapsed
Nine fire crews and a crane were used to free the men from the wreckage at Claxton Engineering in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, but they died at the scene.
Yesterday, the village of Stanton, Suffolk, where the men lived, was in mourning.
All four had links with the local Saturday league football team Stanton FC, and a match yesterday was cancelled out of respect.
Daniel Hazelton was a defender for the side, Mr Taylor played in midfield, while Tom Hazelton was a former player and a volunteer groundsman.
Mr Johnson, who is believed to be a father, helped with fundraising and also worked in the village's Cock Inn as a disc jockey.
The firm said building work was being carried out by external contractors at their premises where the accident happened at approximately 2pm yesterday (above, a photographer on the scene today)
Caxton Engineering: The company is a specialist in offshore jack-up drilling
Club chairman Peter Knights, 72, said: 'This is a devastating loss. I've known these men all their lives. I can't put into words how shocked the village is.'
Yesterday the two brothers' eldest sibling Matt Hazelton – a former manager of the team – was comforting his mother, Marilyn, at her detached cottage in Stanton.
Police and the Health and Safety Executive will conduct an inquiry into the circumstances leading to the men's deaths.
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