A worker who was killed in an accident at a Mount Joy packaging firm has been identified as 47-year-old Robert Stauffer of Landisville, Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said Sunday.
Stauffer died after being crushed under a piece of lift equipment early Saturday at Phoenix Packaging, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
PEMA spokeswoman Ruth Miller referred other questions to the company, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which did not immediately return calls Saturday morning.
An autopsy is scheduled for Monday, the coroner said.
Emergency dispatch reports at 5:25 a.m. indicated that a male was trapped under a heavy lift at 1160 E. Main St.
Mount Joy Fire Chief Philip Colvin described the lift as part of a processing line and said workers had raised it off the person by the time his crew arrived.
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A worker died after being crushed under a piece of lift equipment early Saturday morning at Phoenix Packaging in Mount Joy, according to the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
PEMA spokeswoman Ruth Miller referred other questions to the company, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which did not immediately return calls Saturday morning.
Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamontoni said Saturday afternoon that the worker killed was a man in his 40s, and that authorities were waiting to publicly identify him until his next of kin was notified.
Diamontoni said the incident still under investigation appeared to be an industrial accident, and that findings on the cause and manner of death were expected following an autopsy scheduled for Monday morning.
Emergency dispatch reports at 5:25 a.m. indicated that a male was trapped under a heavy lift at 1160 E. Main St.
Mount Joy Fire Chief Philip Colvin described the lift as part of a processing line and said workers had raised it off the person by the time his crew arrived.
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MOUNT JOY, LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa — An employee at the Phoenix Packaging Plant in Mount Joy was killed this morning after a piece of lifting equipment fell, trapping the victim underneath.
Emergency crews were dispatched just before 5:30 a.m. Fire Chief Philip Colvin of the Fire Department of Mount Joy says they were initially dispatched for an industrial rescue, but when they arrived workers had already freed the trapped employee.
Colvin says the lift device that fell on the employee, was part of a processing line.
Fire crews continued to work with medical crews and determined that the employee was deceased at the scene.
This is a developing story.
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Worker killed at Pennsylvania packaging plant by lift device
The Associated PressMOUNT JOY, Pa.
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been killed at a packaging plant.
PEMA spokeswoman Ruth Miller says the death occurred at Phoenix Packaging in Mount Joy.
Lancaster County 911 dispatchers say the man was trapped under a piece of lift equipment just before 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Mount Joy Fire Chief Philip Colvin says the lift device was part of a processing line. He says workers moved the device off the fallen worker before emergency crews arrived.
PEMA officials referred calls to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the company, which didn't immediately comment.
The coroner said the victim was a man in his 40s and planned an autopsy Monday.
Phoenix Packaging's website says the company makes cardboard boxes and other materials used for shipping and mailing.
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MOUNT JOY, PA — The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says a worker has been killed by a piece of lift equipment at a packaging plant.
PEMA spokeswoman Ruth Miller says the death occurred at Phoenix Packaging in Mount Joy.
Lancaster County 911 dispatchers say the situation was reported just before 5:30 a.m. Saturday. Mount Joy Fire Chief Philip Colvin says the lift device was part of a processing line. He says workers had lifted the device off the fallen male worker by the time emergency crews arrived.
PEMA officials referred calls to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the company. Neither responded immediately to phone messages seeking comment, nor did the county coroner.
Phoenix Packaging's website says the company makes cardboard boxes and other materials used for shipping and mailing.
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