Employee crushed to death in horror industrial accident after press machine unexpectedly turns on

An Ohio Ford worker is dormant aft being trapped and crushed by a malfunctioning concern instrumentality astatine a institution works this week. 

The incidental unfolded astir 9:45 a.m. connected Monday, erstwhile authorities were called to Ford’s Sharonville works connected E. Sharon Road regarding reports of an concern accident, according to FOX 19. 

Upon arriving astatine the plant, authorities reportedly encountered a property instrumentality that was undergoing regular attraction erstwhile it malfunctioned, causing it to crook connected and pin the worker. 

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A Ford worker is dormant aft being trapped and crushed by a malfunctioning concern instrumentality astatine the Ford Sharonville Transmission Plant successful Sharonville, Ohio connected Monday, March 16, 2026.  (Phil Didion/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

First responders worked to execute life-saving measures connected the idiosyncratic erstwhile helium was pulled from the instrumentality earlier transporting him to Bethesda North Hospital.

The idiosyncratic was aboriginal pronounced dormant astatine the hospital, according to FOX 19.

The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office reportedly identified the unfortunate arsenic 61-year-old Gregory Knopf. 

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The worker, identified arsenic 61-year-old Gregory Knopf, was pinned by a property instrumentality that was undergoing regular attraction erstwhile it malfunctioned. (Phil Didion/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"There were aggregate witnesses to this incidental and it is considered an concern mishap astatine this time," Sharonville constabulary said, according to FOX 19. 

The incidental reportedly remains nether probe by the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Ford Motor Company’s administrative staff.

"A tragic incidental contiguous resulted successful the decease of an worker astatine Sharonville Transmission Plant," a Ford spokesperson said successful a connection to WCPO. 

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The Ford Transmission Plant successful Sharonville, Ohio builds astir 3,500 transmissions a time with implicit 2,000 employees nether a 2.4 cardinal quadrate ft roof. (Phil Didion/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

"We are successful interaction with the household of the idiosyncratic and we’re moving to enactment them done this hard time. Our deepest condolences are with the friends and household of our squad member. Counseling services are disposable for our employees astatine the plant. Safety is our highest precedence and we are investigating the incident. We would besides similar to convey our assemblage archetypal responders."

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Ford Motor Company and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.