GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Federal workplace safety officials say a man killed at a Kansas industrial plan became caught in a molding machine.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a news release that the 63-year-old plastics manager was killed Thursday at Fuller Industries LLC in Great Bend. The man’s name wasn’t immediately released.
The company, formally known as Fuller Brush, is a manufacturer of commercial cleaning supplies, custom brushes and private label chemicals. Company officials didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment.
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BARTON COUNTY – Authorities in Barton County are investigating a fatal industrial accident at Fuller Industries in Great Bend.
At 12:15 p.m., first responders were dispatched to the Fuller Industries facility in reference to an employee that was injured.
Emergency responders found that the man died from an accidental head injury, according to a media release.
Police have no reason to suspect foul play.
The name or age of the man was not released.
No calls were answered at the Fuller offices on Thursday afternoon. “It looked like the plant was shutting down for the day,” Couch said.
The firm manufactures cleaning supplies and brushes at their facility located 1 Fuller Way, according to the company website.
BARTON COUNTY – An investigation is underway after a fatal industrial accident on Thursday at the Fuller Industries plant in Great Bend.
First responders were dispatched just after 12:15 p.m. and one employee was injured and died, according to Great Bend Police Chief Cliff Couch.
The name or age of the man was not released.
No calls were answered at the Fuller offices on Thursday afternoon. “It looked like the plant was shutting down for the day,” Couch said.
The firm manufactures cleaning supplies and brushes at their facility located 1 Fuller Way, according to the company website.