UPDATE: Man who died in accident at Tractor Supply Distribution Center identified
UPDATE: Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones says that the man who died as a result of the accident is 55 year-old David Butler of Macon.
Jones says that Butler got off the forklift, and the gun safe (which had been on a pallet) fell down, pinning Butler between the forklift and the gun safe– resulting in his death.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones tells 41NBC that a man has died after an accident at the Tractor Supply Distribution Center in Macon.
According to Jones, the accident took place around 9:39 a.m. on Thursday morning at the center by Frank Amerson Parkway.
The accident involved a forklift and a gun safe, and has left a man dead.
The deputy coroner is on the scene.
More information will be posted as it is available, stay with 41NBC for updates.