A man died last week after falling around six metres when a scissor lift overturned at a plant in Comstock on the east side of Kalamazoo – due west of Detroit in Michigan.
The incident occurred on Thursday, morning, July 30th, at the old Shiloh Industries automotive parts manufacturing plant, which closed its doors in March.
The man was removing a steel beam from the ceiling when it shifted prematurely and unexpectedly twisted as it did so, apparently causing the lift to overturn. The man fell with the lift and struck his head on the concrete floor, but was then trapped between the overturned scissor lift and a vertical steel support beam/stanchion.
The old Shilo plant in Comstock
Colleagues were able to use a forklift to lift the scissor lift away in order to free him, the emergency services arrived shortly after that and confirmed that he had no pulse. They rushed him to hospital, where he was declared dead shortly after arrival.
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigated the man, who, it says, 31 was co-owner of the company commissioned to work on the closed-down facility.
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