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Worker Killed at Loading Dock of Chatham Village Foods Facility in Wareham, Massachusetts

A 56-year-old worker died Wednesday morning at the Chatham Village Foods facility in Wareham, Massachusetts, after being pinned between a tractor-trailer and a loading dock. Wareham police, Massachusetts State Police, the Plymouth County District Attorney's office, and OSHA are investigating.

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Tractor-trailers and a shipping container parked on the apron beside a warehouse loading dock, with an empty dock bay and dock shelter along the building wall.
Tractor-trailers parked at a warehouse loading dock (representative file photo — not the Chatham Village Foods facility in Wareham, Massachusetts). Photo: Joost J. Bakker / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

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Aerial view of a large automotive assembly plant complex in Detroit, with expansive rooftops, parking lots filled with vehicles, and rail lines running through an urban industrial area.

An aerial view of Stellantis's Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit (representative file photo — not the National Parts Depot in Center Line, Michigan, where the fall occurred). Photo: formulanone / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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UAW Member James Brasher, 57, Dies in Fall at Stellantis Mopar Facility in Center Line, Michigan

UAW Local 1248 member James Brasher, 57, died Saturday after falling approximately 25 feet from a second-floor opening at the Stellantis National Parts Depot in Center Line, Michigan. His safety harness was not tethered at the time of the fall. Michigan occupational safety investigators opened a formal inquiry.

A wood-products mill in the Pacific Northwest, with stacks of finished lumber in the yard and a forested hillside behind.

A wood-products mill in Morton, Washington (representative file photo — not the Pacific Veneer mill in Aberdeen). Photo: Chris Light / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Worker Dara Phin, 45, Dies at Pacific Veneer Mill in Aberdeen, Washington

Dara Phin, 45, of Aberdeen died July 30 after being injured while operating machinery at Pacific Veneer in Aberdeen, Washington. The Grays Harbor County Coroner''s Office and Aberdeen police are investigating.

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