East Gate Pallet worker Tabor Daniel Hayes, 20, died while operating a table saw in Canton, Georgia
Canton Man Dies In Workplace Accident
Federal officials will be investigating the incident to see if any safety standards were violated, the Cherokee Sheriff's Office said.
By Kristal Dixon, Patch Staff
September 14, 2018
CANTON, GA —
Federal officials have been called in to investigate a fatal workplace accident reported Thursday morning in Cherokee County. Deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a call of a person injured around 8 a.m. Sept. 13 at East Gate Pallet.
Officials arrived at the site at 150 Bobo Trail near Holly Springs to discover a 20-year-old employee had been "involved in what appears to be a workplace accident involving a table saw," said sheriff's office spokesperson Jay Baker.
Baker said the man, identified as Tabor Daniel Hayes, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene. While CSO detectives are investigating the incident, no foul play is suspected.
Baker said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been informed of the accident, and will be investigating to determine if any safety conditions were violated.
At East Gate Pallets, they specialize in selling new pallets, combo pallets, new and used skids.
===========================
A 20-year-old Canton man was killed Thursday morning in a workplace accident at the East Gate Pallets plant at 150 Bobo Trail, near Holly Springs.
At 8:05 a.m. Thursday, Cherokee Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a person injured call at the East Gate Pallet facility. Employee Tabor Daniel Hayes of Canton, was involved in what appeared to be a workplace accident involving a table saw, according to Sheriff’s Office spokesman Jay Baker. Hayes was pronounced dead at the scene.
The death has been ruled an accident, Cherokee County Earl Darby said Friday afternoon. Hayes body was taken to the state crime lab for an autopsy. Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials were notified and will be reviewing the incident to see if any safety conditions were violated.
Cherokee Fire and Emergency Services as well as the Cherokee County Coroner also responded to the scene.
=============================
Tabor Daniel Hayes, age 20, of Canton, GA, died unexpectedly Thursday,
September 13, 2018. Born on November 6th 1997 in Exeter, NH. Tabor loved
life and spent it making others laugh. Tabor enjoyed being outdoors but
most of all being around friends and family. His smile could light up a
room and his sense of humor could turn grey skies blue. He will be
greatly missed but never forgotten.
Memorial Services are scheduled for 7:00 PM, on Tuesday, September 18,
2018, at the Chapel of South Canton Funeral Home with Rev. Greg Hamilton
officiating.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM, Tuesday, September 18, 2018, at South Canton Funeral Home.
Preceded in death by: Biological Father: Sean McKitrick & Great Grandmother: Florence Johnson.
=============================
At East Gate Pallets, we offer several pallet services including
wood pallets, pallet recycling, and heat treating for pallets. Browse
our full list of services below and contact our team with any questions.
Pallet Recycling
If recycling your pallets is the ultimate concern for you, we can
help by keeping your pallets out of the waste stream and out of the land
fills. We repair and reuse all possible pallets saving thousands of
trees that would have been used for shipping pallet purposes. We reduce
the carbon foot print of many companies, in the Atlanta Metro area, that
are willing to use recycled or remanufactured pallets. The energy that
would have been wasted in the process of cutting the trees, shipping the
logs to the lumber mill, cutting the logs into lumber, shipping the
lumber to the pallet mills and the manufacturing of new pallets is
reduced to a simple energy efficient repair process. Our unusable scrap
pallets are ground up and used as mulch to help keep the moisture from
evaporating from our landscaping and eventually become part of the
garden soil.
Pallet Repair
We can repair you broken pallets for you, eliminating the need for
you to purchase new pallets. We can do this in one of two ways. We can
place trailers at your location, collect all your damaged pallets, ship
them to our location, repair them and return them to you for a simple
repair fee.
Pallet Purchase
We purchase reusable 48×40 pallets. We are happy to pick up surplus
pallets from your facility so they will not find their way into the
waste steam and ultimately the land fill. The purchase price would be
based on the volume of pallets, your facility’s location, and the number
of reusable pallets in your mix of surplus pallets.
Trailers At Location
We can position trailers at your location for pallet pick up or
purchase. Trailer availability is based on the volume of incoming or
outgoing reusable pallets. Contact us for a quote.
Chep Pallet Collection Service
We are able to handle your excess or unwanted Chep (Blue) pallets. We
have a working relationship with CHEP USA to collect and return Chep
pallets. You can drop them off at our facility or we can collect them
from your location.
Heat Treatment
We can heat treat your pallets for overseas shipments. We are a
certified heat treatment facility offering a stamped pallet with all the
necessary paperwork for shipment out of the country.
