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By Katie Wedell, Staff Writer Updated 12:22 PM Wednesday, December 21, 2011

DAYTON — A 53-year-old woman was killed Tuesday night in an apparent workplace accident at the Rumpke Dayton Recycling facility on East Monument Avenue.

The victim, identified by family members at the scene as Annette Goode, had worked at the business at 1300 E. Monument Ave. since July, according to Bill Stump, regional safety manager for Rumpke.

Goode’s son, Michael Goode, said his mother was pinned beneath several bales of paper weighing several hundred pounds each.

Goode, who resided at 4324 City View Terrace in Dayton, was pronounced dead at 4:50 p.m., according to the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. Her autopsy is scheduled for today.

Stump said the incident is still being investigated in conjunction with the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office, Dayton police and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“We are not exactly sure what happened, but it appears to be an accident,” he said.

Goode was sweeping in the warehouse area of the recycling facility when the incident occurred at about 4:45 p.m. In that area, paper to be recycled is stacked in compressed bales about 15 to 20 feet high. There were four or five employees working in the area at the time of the accident and one may have witnessed all or part of what happened, said Stump. Investigators were waiting to talk with that employee before making a final determination of the cause of the incident.

Stump said there have been no previous accidents of this nature at the facility operated by Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc.

He said the facility, which employees 60 to 70 people, was closed following Tuesday’s incident.

Employee Assistance Program resources will be made available to employees and family members on Wednesday, said Larry Stone, Rumpke corporate safety director.

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