Worker painting underside of dumpster dies when it falls, crushes him in E. St. Louis
By Nassim Benchaabane St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Aug 24, 2018
EAST ST. LOUIS, MO
An employee was painting the bottom of a dumpster raised on a lift here when it fell and crushed him to death Friday, police say.
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the employee as Kenneth J. Woltering, 48, of Carlyle.
Woltering was painting the bottom of a steel dumpster at a Wastequip facility at 2701 Converse Avenue when it fell, Dye said. Woltering had been underneath the dumpster, when the lift holding it up failed.
He was pronounced dead at the scene shortly before 2 p.m.
Dye referred requests for further details to East St. Louis Police. Authorities there were not immediately available for comment.
A man who answered the phone at Wastequip's East St. Louis location said the company had no comment before hanging up on a reporter.
An investigator with the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration responded to the facility for a report of a fatality, said Aaron Priddy, area director of the agency's office in Fairview Heights.
Priddy said Wastequip constructs steel dumpsters in East St. Louis but he did not have more details on the fatal incident pending an investigation.
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Kenneth J. Woltering
Kenneth J. "Kenny" Woltering, 58, of Beaver Prairie, born January 28, 1960, in Breese, IL, died Friday, August 24, 2018, in E. St. Louis, IL.
Kenny worked as a painter for over 30 years at Wastequip, Inc. in E. St. Louis. He enjoyed deer hunting, camping, floating, stock car racing, playing football in his younger years, but most of all spending time with his grandson.
His preceded in death by his father, Theodore "Ted" Woltering; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ralph and Henrietta, nee Niemeyer, Eilers; and sister-in-law, Diane Eilers.