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- A mechanic died after he got trapped under a van at an Amazon distribution center in Florida.
- The 42-year-old man was working on an Amazon delivery van when the jack stand failed.
- Police said the incident appeared to be an accident and that they were working with OSHA.
A mechanic at an Amazon distribution center in southern Florida died early Tuesday morning after a van he was working on fell on him.
The Port St. Lucie Police Department told Business Insider in a statement that 42-year-old Andrew Tabannah became trapped under an Amazon delivery van when the jack stand propping it up failed.
Tabannah’s coworkers placed additional jacks under the van and were able to pull him out and performed “life saving measures until an ambulance arrived.”
The St. Lucie County Fire Department arrived at the scene shortly after midnight. Tabannah was transferred to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.