Investigation ongoing after SC man dies following ‘work-related incident’ at York plant
A death investigation by South Carolina and York County officials is ongoing after an employee at a York manufacturing plant died following a “work-related incident,” officials said.
Stewart Campbell, 35, of Sharon in western York County, died Friday at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill after he was taken there from Meritor, Inc., York County Coroner Sabrina Gast said in a statement. The coroner’s death investigation is ongoing, Gast said.
The manufacturer is part of the Cummins power solutions company based in Indiana, according to its website. In a statement to The Herald on Monday, Cummins spokesperson Melinda Koski said an accident happened Thursday night.
“An accident occurred at our York manufacturing facility the evening of February 27, resulting in the death of one of our employees,” the statement said. “Our deepest condolences and sympathies are with the family during this difficult time.”
No other details about what happened at the plant have been released. York Police Department Lt. Sean Bailey said in a statement to The Herald on Monday that city officers responded to the scene but currently are not part of any investigation.
The S.C. Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, which administers South Carolina’s division of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA,) has also opened an investigation, said Holly Beeson, counsel to state labor department’s Office of Communications and Governmental Affairs.
All workplace fatalities must be reported to OSHA, according to its website.
OSHA investigations typically take six to eight weeks, Beeson said in an email to The Herald.
This story was originally published March 3, 2025 at 10:05 AM.
