An employee at auto supplier Montaplast of North America Inc. died in an industrial incident on March 9.
Gregory Dever, 47, suffered from crushing injuries at the Montaplast plant in Frankfort, Ky. Dever was transported to Frankfort Regional Medical Center, where he died from his injuries.
Gary Ginn, a Fayette County coroner, told Plastics News: "As of right now, we have the injury listed as a blunt force trauma, as the autopsy and investigation are not complete."
Montaplast officials declined to comment to Plastics News.
Montaplast has injection molding, painting and tooling. The U.S. facility is part of Germany-based Montaplast GmbH.
In October 2016, Montaplast had two unrelated fatal workplace accidents. Angela Mitchell, 35, died when she was hit in the head by an overhead crane. Benjamin Cermak, 23, was electrocuted. Those incidents led to an Occupational Safety and Health Administration fine of $21,000.