A 37-year-old man was dead after a workplace accident early on Feb. 1 at the Sustane Natural Fertilizer facility in Cannon Falls, Minn., according to the Cannon Falls Beacon.
The employee was pulled into a machine and was unresponsive when the Cannon Falls Police Officers arrived. The Regional Medical Examiner’s Office of Southern Minnesota and the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are investigating.
Sustane produces turkey litter-based granule fertilizers, which it markets nationally and exports to some 60 nations, according to its website.