Dec 30, 2020 / 06:31 PM EST
WAVERLY, Ind. (WISH) A Martinsville man died Wednesday morning after a grain silo collapsed in Morgan County about a mile northwest of Waverly.
Stephen M. Crocker, 29, was found unresponsive under corn near his semitractor-trailer. Crocker was pulled from the corn at 10 a.m. and did not survive.
Authorities said crews were sent about 9:15 a.m. to a private farm’s grain facility in the 9800 block of Mann Road. That’s about 1,000 feet northeast of the intersection with State Road 144.
Morgan County Sheriff Richard Myers said Crocker had pulled his semitractor-trailer up to an overhead grain bin that failed and released the load of corn onto the vehicle.
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Bryan man dies in industrial accident
Jim Chapman | The Journal Gazette
A Bryan, Ohio, man has died in an industrial accident at a Butler steel mill, police said.
Joshua Lucas, 39, died Tuesday when he was pinned between rolls of steel at Heitman Steel, said Det. Brady Thomas of the DeKalb County Sheriff s Department.
Police were called just after 3 p.m. to the business at 4400 County Road 59 in Butler.
Thomas said Lucas was pinned between rolls of steel that were on a crane and rolls that were on the ground.
Investigators believe his death was accidental, Thomas said.
The Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration will conduct a safety compliance inspection, IOSHA spokeswoman Stephanie McFarland said Wednesday.