LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. (THECOUNT) — David Burton, from Felton Borough, PA, has been identified as the victim killed after sustaining injuries in an industrial accident Thursday at the Kunzler & Company, Inc., in Lancaster.
Burton, 55, was reportedly working as an electric forklift operator in a dry storage area of the meat facility when he became pinned under the machine around 11 a.m.
Two employees found Burton and pulled the machinery off of him. He was taken to the hospital, where he later died, reported Local21News.
Burton was an independent contractor, not an employee of Kunzler employee, reports say.
Kunzler & Company, Inc, is located on Manor Street, in Lancaster, PA.
Geo quick facts: Lancaster County is in southern Pennsylvania, on the Susquehanna River. Lancaster, the county seat, is known for its red-brick Central Market building. North of the city, Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum evokes a traditional German settlement. Southeast, in Amish farm country, the town of Strasburg is home to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s vintage trains. Farther south is riverside Susquehannock State Park – wikipedia.
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