Man crushed to death at Liberty Casting had been injured on the job before, family says
By: Rob Sneed
January 02, 2019
DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) --
Michael Crow, 72, was killed Friday morning when a piece of equipment crushed him while working at Liberty Casting Friday morning. His family tells NBC4 it wasn't the first injury he had received on the job.
The Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said their investigation into the fatal accident is still in its infancy. OSHA officials couldn't release any details on the most recent incident, pending the investigation.
NBC4 obtained records from the explosion at the iron foundry in August 22, 2018, which burned several workers with molten iron. One of the victims died from their injuries, Larry Johnson with OSHA said. Those records show Liberty Casting received multiple violations and was fined more than $70,000 as a result.
Just over four months later, Michael Crow died in an unrelated industrial accident at the foundry. The incident report obtained from Delaware County emergency services says a piece of equipment crushed the Fairfield County man. When they were able to get the equipment off him, he was no longer breathing.
His brother Donald Crow says his family is in mourning tonight.
“Oh that was terrible. There was no need of that. I don’t know how he got in between the two walls, how many guys were supposed to handle--I don’t even know what it was,” said Crow.
Donald told NBC4 he had worried about his brother ever since he says Michael was hurt on the job several months back.
"He was working on this shaker table and the guy helped him turn it on. It damn near tore his arm off and killed him but it didn’t," Crow explained.
Donald says he will miss his brother for his heart, and his talent.
"He was just a nice guy," he said. "He was a master craftsman."
NBC4 reached out Liberty Casting for comment about Crow’s death; no one returned our calls.
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Michael D. Crow
BALTIMORE - Michael D. Crow 72 of Baltimore, Ohio died Friday, December 28, 2018 as the result of an industrial accident in Delaware, Ohio.
He was a Bloom-Carroll High School Graduate Class of 1964. He was a Vietnam veteran serving in the US Army where he was awarded the Vietnam Service Medal w/2 Bronze Service Stars, First Oak Leaf Cluster to Purple Heart, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Sharpshooter (Rifle) and Sharpshooter (M60 MG).
Michael was a mill wright and a life time member of the Baltimore VFW Post 3761
He is survived by his sons, Christopher (Anita Webb) Crow and Matthew Crow all of Baltimore, Ohio; brothers, Martin (Margo) Crow of Thurston, Ohio, Donald Crow of Carroll, Ohio and Ronald (Sophie) Crow of Europe; sister-in-law, Diane Crow of Carroll, Ohio; mother of his children, Linda Crow of Baltimore, Ohio; step-children, Allison and Andrew; 2 step grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Michael was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Crow, parents, Donald and Virginia Crow, brother, Harley Crow and sister-in-law, Evelyn Crow.