Worker dies after dropping AirPods, getting pinned under conveyor at Ga. golf cart plant

WARNING: Some may find the details in this report graphic.

A contract worker at a golf cart company plant in Georgia died after a co-worker says she got caught under a conveyor trying to pick up AirPods.

The accident happened Friday at the Club Car plant off Washington Road. The Columbia County Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as 21-year-old Alyssa Drinkard of Grovetown.

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Channel 2 Action News obtained the incident report with details surrounding Drinkard’s death.

Her co-worker told deputies that Drinkard dropped her AirPods under a conveyor belt. When she went to pick them up, she got caught in the conveyor belt chain and became pinned under the machine, according to the report.

The co-worker called maintenance to shut the machine down and take it apart. The report stated that when EMS and firefighters arrived, Drinkard was not breathing and they cut the metal frame to pull her out.

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