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OSHA investigating Park Forest industrial fatality

Oct 5, 2016 | WLSAM Staff

(PARK FOREST) The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into an industrial accident that left a 24-year-old man dead Monday in south suburban Park Forest.

Milos Grujic, who was employed as a delivery driver by Delta Currier Group in Alsip, was killed when a load from a powered industrial truck became unstable and struck him, according to OSHA and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. He lived in the 200 block of 10th Avenue in Seattle, Washington.

He was standing next to his truck while another worker unloaded large water main pipes from it at a construction site, according to a statement from the Village of Park Forest. Several of the pipes fell off the truck and crushed him.

Grujic was pronounced dead at noon Monday at St. James Hospital in Olympia Fields, the medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy Tuesday found that he died from multiple blunt force injuries, and his death was ruled an accident.

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Man killed in industrial accident in Elk Grove Village

Apr 16, 2015 | WLSAM Staff

(ELK GROVE VILLAGE) A man was killed Wednesday when his clothing became caught in machinery at a warehouse in northwest suburban Elk Grove Village, authorities said.

Crews responded to an accident at Acme Industries at 777 Chase Ave. at 11:54 a.m. and discovered a deceased 50-year-old man in a warehouse, according to a statement from the Elk Grove Village police department.

The man’s clothing became caught in machinery that injured him, OSHA spokesman Scott Allen said. The agency has launched an investigation and a compliance officer is at the scene, Allen said.

He was identified Wednesday night as Wayne Follman, of Lake in the Hills, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office

Police said no foul play is suspected.

Acme Industries manufactures machines parts, assemblies and components, according to the company’s website.

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