OSHA Investigates Workplace Death of Sam's Club Employee

Federal investigators with the Occupational Health and Safety Administration are probing the death of a 20-year-old man who was fatally injured in an accident at a Sam's Club in Summit Township, Pennsylvania, last month. According to the Erie Times-News, employee Benjamin Knight Jr. was struck Sept. 30 by an overhead door that fell on him, inflicting fatal blunt-force trauma. The newspaper reported that a spring on the overhead door snapped, causing it to come crashing down on Knight. "Mr. Knight was a valued member of our family at club 6675, and we are mourning his loss. This mat...