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Death of worker on loading dock investigated

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WEST COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) -

Investigators with the Lexington County Coroner's Office and the Lexington County Sheriff's Department are looking into the workplace death of a Columbia woman.

Coroner Harry Harman says 47-year-old Susan Henley of Columbia was killed on the job at the Otis Spunkmeyer plant in West Columbia Wednesday. The accident occurred at 11:28 p.m.

Harman said Henley was attempting to unload a truck on the loading dock when she was found beneath the loading dock plate. She died at the scene.

Harman ruled the death accidental.

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