FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – A Florence man has died following an incident at a Johnson Controls facility in Florence Tuesday morning.
Billy Hatchell with Florence County EMS says the man was working on a furnace when he was crushed by a machine at the battery recycling plant Tuesday. Hatchell was unsure what type of machine fell on the victim or what may have caused the machine to fall.
Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken has identified the victim as Glen Lide, 51, of Florence.
Lide was transported to McLeod Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased. The coroner’s office reports Lide died as a result of chest trauma due to mechanical compression.
It is not known if the victim was an employee of the plant or a contracted worker. A statement was released by Frantisek Sasek, Director of Communications with Johnson Controls Power Solutions:
We are deeply saddened to report that a fatality occurred today at our Johnson Controls recycling facility in Florence, South Carolina. This was an isolated event and there were no other injuries. Johnson Controls is deeply affected and our sympathies and prayers are with the family. We have initiated an investigation to understand the course of events. We are fully cooperating with the local authorities on an investigation to understand the course of events that occurred. We have reached out to the family and to protect their privacy, we are not releasing additional information.
