A 53-year-old man died in an industrial incident at the Heartland Produce factory late last month in Kenosha, WI, officials said.
David Unsinn of Kenosha died after an incident when he was performing a maintenance procedure at 9:15 a.m. July 30, Kenosha Police officials said.
The worker, employed by A & R Door Services, was doing maintenance on a hydraulic loading dock plate when the plate hit him, said a spokesperson with the Department of Labor.
As a result of the incident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) opened a fatality inspection to determine if there were any contributing violations.
“I was out this morning watering trees we just planted. I looked up and there’s a firetruck, an ambulance, and a couple of squad cars pulling in,” said Chad Giles, who works at another business across the street from Heartland Produce.
“There are some workers, after the cops had done some interviews, they walked around, they were sitting in the grass very, very emotional,” Giles said, “We all watched from here thinking somebody went to work and this was not in the plans and how sad it is.”