An employee at a Bridgestone plant in Williamsburg has died in a workplace accident.
The incident happened Wednesday morning at approximately 11:00, according to a report by WKYT.com, at the company’s Firestone Airide manufacturing and distribution center in Whitley County.
The Williamsburg Police Department told media outlets that “it appears a man was operating a piece of equipment on the warehouse side of the plant when there was an accident with a standing rack.”
The worker was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The plant, according to the company’s website, “manufactures and distributes air springs for automotive, heavy-duty truck and trailer, and seat/cab springs applications.”
The 443,000-square-foot facility employs several hundred people following an expansion in 2022.
The Williamsburg Police Department and Whitley County Coroner’s Office are investigating the death.
Bridgestone released the following statement:
At Bridgestone, the well-being and safety of our employees, contractors, and visitors is our most important value.
We can confirm one of our Williamsburg, Kentucky, Firestone Airide employees passed away. Our deepest sympathies are with his family and friends.
We are investigating the incident.
Bridgestone offers employee assistance program (EAP) services to its employees and contractors.
(Photo: A worker was killed at Bridgestone’s Firestone Airide plant in Williamsburg, courtesy of Bridgestone)
By Ken Howlett, News Director
Contact Ken at ken@k105.com
