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Grand Rapids Plastics

Description

Scharenbroch was crushed and killed while cleaning an injection molding machine when someone started the machine while he was inside. The company had past citations for the same violations and was on MIOSHA’s severe perpretators list prior to this incident.

Prosecutors

Attorney General William Schuette

Incident Type

Caught in Machine

County

Unavailable

State

Michigan

Date

June 27, 2014

Additional Materials

Folder for Grand Rapids Plastics materials

Available case materials include

Advocacy Materials

OSHA Inspection

OSHA inspection detail

Contact for Additional Information

Unavailable

Victims

First	Last	Age	Title	Employer	Injury Type
Russell James	Scharenbroch	34	Unavailable	Grand Rapids Plastics	Fatality

Defendants

Name	Type	Title	Plea Information	Conviction Sentence
None	None	None	Unavailable	No criminal charges were ever filed in connection with this incident. However, Michigan OSHA cited Grand Rapids Plastics with $558,000 in penalties.
Penal Crimes Charged Unavailable			Other Crimes Charged Unavailable