Annette Goode, 53, was killed Tuesday night in an apparent workplace accident at the facility at 1300 East Monument Avenue.
Goode had worked at the business 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.
“We are not exactly sure what happened, but it appears to be an accident,” Stump said Tuesday.
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.
On Wednesday, counselors were on hand to talk with employees.
“We addressed the employees today,” Cullin said. “A few took the opportunity to share what they knew and would remember about her.”
A funeral service is being planned for Tuesday at the House of Wheat Funeral Home, 2107 N. Gettysburg Ave., Dayton.
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