Update: Goodyear confirms fourth fatality at Danville tire plant

Akron, Ohio — Goodyear has confirmed that another employee has died in an accident at its tire plant in Danville - as per local media reports.

In a statement supplied to ERJ the company said: "We regret to report that early Friday morning, 12 Aug, a death occurred in the Goodyear-Danville manufacturing facility. Goodyear’s on-site emergency response team, as well as local emergency personnel responded immediately, and all parties have been working together to investigate the root cause of the incident.

Scheier, who was reportedly in his 40s, is the fourth worker to die at the tire maker’s Danville facility in less than a year.

On 12 April, Greg Cooper, an 18-year associate and maintenance mechanic at Goodyear-Danville, passed away while at work. The local medical examiner attributed the death to “drowning and thermal injuries”.

The fatality happened two weeks after Kevin Edmonds, 54, died at the plant on 31 March as a result of what was also described as an industrial accident.

Also, Jeanie Strader, 56, died on 31 Aug 2015, after being caught in machine rollers, according to a document by Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) – the US federal agency that oversees workplace safety.