Russell Edward Layton Jr Obituary, Death; – A man died after a forklift accident at a factory in South Carolina this week.
Sister-station WHNS reported that 48-year-old Russell Edward Layton Jr. got hurt while working on a forklift at Spartanburg Steel Products on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Layton was rushed to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, and died Tuesday evening.
It was unclear exactly how Layton got hurt. WHNS asked Spartanburg Steel Products for a statement, but the company reportedly declined as of Tuesday night. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was involved in the investigation.
According to the company’s website, Spartanburg Steel Products does a variety of production and manufacturing work in the automotive, heavy truck and agriculture industries.
The factory is right off the I-85 and I-26 interchange, about 10 minutes outside downtown Spartanburg.
