Agonizing final moments of factory worker crushed to death in tire press revealed in report

In a rubber edition, a sad report about the death of a crushed man in his head revealed his last painful moments with dozens of security errors in the factory where he worked.

On February 7, Marshall Hunt was withdrawn to McNone Bag-O-Matic Tire Curre at the Hoosier Racing Tire Factory in Plymouth, a small town in North Indiana.

‘Mr. Hunt’s head was caught in the closed press, stuck between the heat shields of the tire curing press around the neck, and employees could not open it. ”

According to Marshall County Coroner, he died of head and neck of blunt force trauma.

According to IOSHA, two 30 -year -old young sons, a long -term partner and sorrow of the death of a united family is left behind.

The state agency, which is responsible for the implementation of OSHA rules in Indiana, revealed a failure literature at the facility, including an insufficient security bar around Hunt’s tire press.

Marshall’s sister Harmony Mahler told Daily Mail.

“ I was fined 7,000 dollars for my brother’s death. This is it. What motivation is there to have a safe environment? Everyone in this company’s life is in danger and they don’t care because there is no recourse.

Graphic: In a police photo given to IOSHA, Marshall is seen to collapse next to the rubber press after removing the machine

Marshall’s brother Alexander said, “This is different from other experiences,” he said.

“ This universe is shattered. Everything I know all my life feels inside out and now turns upside down. And yes, that’s how it still comes. ‘

35 -year -old Alexander, Marshall died on the day ‘three or four morning’ when he called for his father’s house, he said.

“ I almost collapsed on the ground, ” he said. ‘I was drowning my own words.’

According to a police report obtained by Daily Mail, Ethan Paul Keller was the first to realize that Marshall was caught in the machine.

Keller told the police that he was working on a rubber pressure on the same line as Marshall and saw him ‘collapsing on the press’.

At first, Keller thought that Marshall was looking at a printing meter, but he looked again a little later and saw that his colleague was in the same position, according to the police report.

He went and saw Marshall’s head stuck in the press, dedi he said.

The Hoosier Racing Tire Plant, where Marshall worked, was accepted that he had dozens of unaily unauthorized machine, including the tire press that killed him (in the picture: Marshall with his seven -year -old son in the wrestling match about a week before he died)

Marshall’s tire printing is depicted in a steep position hours after his death.

The managers were warned and ran to the area with a manual invalid switch that could immediately remove the pressure in an emergency.

Officer Jesse Witkowski came to the scene shortly after the press was removed and saw Marshall lying on the ground next to the press. He and another officer determined that he did not breathe and had no pulse.

Before leaving the scene, the officer Witkowski entered a break room at the factory and asked Marshall to two employees who knew whether he had suicide. Both employees said they didn’t do it.

According to the workers interviewed by the police, Marshall died of special rubber prints per inch square 2000 pound (PSI) prints can apply.

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All of the rubber presses in Hoosier have a metal safety bar that automatically stops the press approaching when touched or multiplied.

However, IOSHA inspectors said that the press, like more than one picture in the report, was insufficient because it was not fully surrounded.

Security bar, ‘, the top mold closed as the mold of employees did not prevent the capture of the mold,’ ‘he said.

In the picture: The person who killed Marshall has been shown to have almost the same rubber press machine, a safety bar that can be easily jumped on the left or right.

According to IOSHA inspectors, Marshall did not need to take place according to the IOSHA inspectors who said that the tire pressure he operated was ‘inadequate protected on the left and right sides of the security bar’.

Mike Hammond, who has been a security manager at the Hoosier Factory in Plymouth since 2013, said the inspectors were on the left of the machine per report.

If Marshall had been activated when running the machine, the tire would stop down down.

This problem was not specific to Marshall’s machine. IOSHA researchers have concluded that the other 28 other rubber press machine in the factory has the same error in the safety bars.

In addition, 30 of the factory inflatables after treatment were thought to be insecure due to the high risks of the employees.

Typically known as PCI, inflatables are the second step in the rubber production process.

According to the IOSHA report, a Hoosier employee at the Plymouth factory crushed their thumbs on 31 October 2024 in one of the PCIs.

The incident did not cause the worker to be taken to the hospital, but on February 10 – three days after Marshall’s death, the inspectors pointed out a few problems with the PCI in the factory.

Marshall (left) was depicted with her sister Harmony and her husband Matthew Mahler

In the report, “ PCI’lerin protection and rotations for the protection of barrier protection, ‘he said.

And according to interviews by the inspectors, there were no changes in PCIS months after the worker’s thumbs in the machine.

While Marshall’s family was trying to take parts, harmony has largely put Damper for negligence against companies.

For example, the Law of Compensation of the Indiana workers, even if it can be proved that employees’ employers are neglected while they are at work, it enables its employers to be greatly restricted for injuries for ongoing injuries.

Instead, employees must pass through the workers’ compensation system to receive payment. Families trying to receive death aid for the addicts of a worker depend on the same restrictions.

Every other US state has these restrictions to facilitate the process of compensating for employees by preventing long -term cases.

In Indiana, you have the chance to sue your employer if they deliberately harm you or if a penalty is done.

Harmony referring to Hoosier, “If I can not take them to a legal court, I will take them to the public court,” he said.

In the case of Marshall’s death, iosha was fined Hoosier on May 6th on May 6th. According to public records, the company decided to object to this on May 14th.

Even before the thumbs of one employee were injured, Hoosier was the subject of two IOSHA investigations, one in December 2021 and the other in April 2022.

Both probes found ‘serious’ security violations and Iosha Hoosier is $ 4,500 for each violation.

The agency said that Hoosier was not suitable for a federal standard called ‘General Requirements for All Machines’ in both cases.

This rule predicts that all machines in American workplaces should be protected by one or more methods ‘to protect the’ operator and other employees in the machine.

According to the IOSHA report, Marshall did not have many security measures in which Marshall worked.

In the event of Marshall’s death, IOSHA fined Hoosier on May 6th on May 6th. According to public records, the company decided to object on May 14th.

Daily Mail approached Hoosier to comment on about 60 machines, which are thought to be seriously missing in the proper protection in the Plymouth factory.

The Daily Mail also asked the factory’s previous security tours documented by the factory’s IOSHA questions and whether there has been any changes since the death of Marshall. The company did not answer.

Marshall is depicted in the car with his girlfriend Lexi and his children.

Marshall’s brother Alexander remembered the shattered moment he was aware of his death. He was working as a delivery driver for pizza hut on the night shift, so he was still awake.

“ I do not remember exactly the call, but his girlfriend was Lexi, ” he said and remembered the comfort of contacting in the early hours of the morning.

“ Lexi’s mother was actually on her phone and broke the news. He just said to me, “Your brother had an accident. Not with us anymore.” And a group of first response in the background I heard, ” he said.

Finally, one of the first answers entered the phone with him so that they could start making funeral arrangements. Since all this was thrown into Alexander, it was very much for him.

“ I was shocked and told them, I will give you the details. Give me a little. And I got off the phone and went there. I woke up my father and told him that Marshall was dead. ‘

His father was able to continue the level, but Alexander admitted that he didn’t get it well.

According to Alexander, Marshall’s girlfriend Lexi had tragically short cut plans.

Daily Mail approached Hoosier, who is thought to be missing in proper protection by IOSHA about 60 machines in the Plymouth Factory (in the picture). The company did not answer

Alexander, “ `he would marry Lexi for a few more months, ‘he said. ‘Actually, he would move to a house I had in Arkansas.’ ‘

“ He and Lexi and they were planning to move there as soon as possible, ” he added. ‘And once he got there, he found a job and settled back into the town, then he would ask him to marry him.’ ‘

Alexander recently told Lexi that, because immediately after, he didn’t feel it was right to share with him.

“ He had difficulty coming with words, ‘he said. He sat down there for a minute or two, dedi he said, he asked him to alleviate the tension.

‘I said, “Yes or no?” And I made him laugh. “Of course it would be a yes.” He said.

Alexander said he and his brother had a strong bond. One of the things that he will miss the most about him is the interviews they had.

Biri When you go, one of the things that really comes to me – he and I, when we are together, only the two and only long drivers, or whatever we talk to – I can make conversations with him that I cannot have anybody else in this world ”.

‘It’s like very deep conversations that no one can really understand why we’re talking about. He and I can. Just with each other. ‘