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Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guarding
S5 · ~Aug 2024 · Dearborn Mid-West
Record
| Company | Dearborn Mid-West |
| Industry | Warehouse automation |
| Type(s) | fatality |
| Date | ~Aug 2024 (month precision) |
| Time of day | not documented |
| Location | no physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record) |
| Severity | (fatality or catastrophic loss) |
| Scale | 1 worker |
| Confidence | medium |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
Antonio Gaston, 53, a Stellantis Toledo Jeep assembly worker, was crushed and killed on Aug 21, 2024 after being caught by a conveyor system supplied by Dearborn Mid-West Company that lacked adequate pinch-point protection. OSHA investigated and issued a 'serious' violation for insufficient machine guarding, initially fining Stellantis about $16,000 (settled to about $11,000). A federal lawsuit was filed naming Stellantis and Dearborn Mid-West as the conveyor supplier.
Primary source
Publisher: Detroit News · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~Aug 2024 | Jeep plant worker crushed to death by conveyor system lacking pinch-point guarding | Detroit News | Detroit News |
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