NEWS MEDIA INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT OF RELEASE: Industrial fatal accident
DATE AND TIME: Approximately 8:26 P.M. on Thursday, March 21, 2024
LOCATION: 1000 block of East Howard City-Edmore Road, Home Township
AUTHORITY/CONTACT PERSON: Sheriff Mike Williams
Sheriff’s deputies and Montcalm County Emergency Medical Services were sent to an industrial accident at approximately 8:26 P.M. on Thursday March 21, 2024, in the 1000 block of East Howard City-Edmore Road in Home Township.
The deputies learned that the location, formerly the Edmore Hospital, was recently purchased by a company from Lansing. The owner had assembled a group of helpers who were removing scrap metal items. A large boiler was removed from the building by using a mini excavator. A 22-year-old Prescot, Michigan man became pinned between the boiler and the mini excavator. The Prescot man died at the scene from the injuries he sustained.
Foul play is not suspected at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
Montcalm County Central Dispatch assisted with the accident.
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