Georgia woman gets stuck under conveyor, dies while trying to get AirPod, authorities say
A Georgia woman died last week after she dropped an AirPod under a conveyor and got caught in a chain that moves the machine while reaching for it, authorities said.
A Georgia woman died last week after she dropped an AirPod under a conveyor and got caught in a chain that moves the machine while reaching for it, authorities said.
According to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, a witness told investigators that line worker Alyssa Drinkard, 21, dropped the AirPod below the conveyor while on shift at a plant for Club Car around 9:45 p.m. Friday.
The company makes golf carts and other vehicles.
When she tried to get the earbud from under the machine, she got caught in the chain that moves the conveyor, the witness said, according to the report.
Due to the way Drinkard was pinned, the witness — identified as fellow worker Fae’Zsha Smith — "was not able to get her out, so she called for maintenance to come and shut the machine down. They began taking it apart once the machine was down and called 911," the report says.
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