Seneca Foods fined over $150K in connection with workplace accident that killed man

Emily Baude KSTP

A canning company has been fined over $150,000 in connection with an accident that killed a worker at a warehouse in Montgomery in October.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined Seneca Foods $156,259 amid an investigation into the accidental death of 58-year-old Jose Luis Alvarado on Oct. 6, according to a report.

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The OSHA report says Alvarado was killed when a stack of cardboard totes filled with corn cobs collapsed and crushed him. Alvarado was extricated from the collapse but was pronounced dead at the scene.