OSHA investigating workplace death of South Bend man

LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a workplace death at Markman Peat, a soil and landscape product manufacturer located at Kingsbury Industrial Park. 

A 44-year-old South Bend man, Christopher Searle, was killed after getting stuck between two sections of a robotic palletizer.

Federal officials are handling the investigation. 

OSHA also previously investigated Markman Peat in 2015 after the death of a 41-year-old worker, Alejandro Anguiana.