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Machine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MO

S5 · ~Feb 2024 · Robot Palletizer (Dallas) · Carthage, MO, USA

Record

CompanyRobot Palletizer (Dallas)
IndustryWarehouse automation
Type(s)fatality
Date~Feb 2024 (month precision)
Time of day15:44 CT
LocationCarthage, MO, USA · Schreiber Foods plant
Severity (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale1 fatality, 1 palletizer
Confidencemedium
Verified flagYes - independently re-checked against the cited source

Summary

A 48-year-old operator was crushed and killed by an automated palletizer sweeper arm at Schreiber Foods in Carthage, Missouri (Feb 6, 2024); OSHA cited guarding/lockout failures. Vendor of the palletizer is not named in the OSHA record.

Primary source

OSHA

Publisher: OSHA · Retrieved: 2026-09-16

Supporting source rows (1)
DateSupporting source rowPublisherLink
~Feb 2024 Machine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MO OSHA OSHA

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