South Carolina man lacking for 2 months was killed by falling into manufacturing unit shredder, coroner says

A 20-year-old man who went lacking two months in the past seemingly died after falling right into a recycling plant shredder on the manufacturing unit he labored at in South Carolina.

In early Could, Duncan Alexander Burrell-Gordon was reported lacking by his household together with his final recognized location being at his job on the Industrial Restoration & Recycling facility in Greer, South Carolina, positioned about 17 miles west of Spartanburg.

On Wednesday, Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger stated in an announcement that small items of human flesh had been discovered across the machine the place Burrell had been working. After conducting a DNA check on the dried blood, the coroner was capable of affirm that it matched with the lacking man’s mother and father, in accordance with The State.

The coroner, who arrived on the scene of Burrell’s final location the place he was recognized to be alive on 10 June – greater than a month after he’d been reported lacking – added within the assertion that the plastic shredding machine in query had been inspected 3 times earlier than, together with as soon as by the deceased man’s personal father.

“What we have now examined and was optimistic got here from below a assist below the conveyor belt simply after the plastic shredding machine,” wrote Mr Clevenger, in accordance with NBC affiliate WYFF.

Between the time that the 20-year-old is suspected to have fallen into the commercial machine, which is able to shredding steel however is primarily used on plastic, till early June, it’s estimated that greater than 60,000 kilos of plastic had been processed.

“I can affirm the fabric is in line with human fats, microscopically minute particles of pores and skin and small items of bone,” Mr Clevenger stated in a information launch, noting that he’ll be unable to concern a dying certificates for the person since no physique was recovered.

An investigation into the incident was initiated by the Occupational Security and Well being Administration (OSHA) simply days after the coroner took his first pattern initially of June. The probe into whether or not there have been any security violations that occurred on the plant will seemingly take eight weeks, a spokesperson advised The State.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Workplace has additionally opened an investigation into the incident and advised the Herald-Journal they wouldn’t touch upon the circumstances surrounding the 20-year-old’s dying or whether or not it was being investigated as an accident or a murder.

When reached by The Unbiased for remark, the sheriff’s workplace solely confirmed that Burrell’s case was an “energetic investigation”.

The proprietor of the manufacturing unit couldn’t be reached for remark by The Unbiased. Based on The State, information from OHSA point out that there was one security criticism levied towards the corporate that concerned the constructing’s refuse methods again in 2017 that resulted in a $500 high-quality.