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Rothman Furniture Employee Dies After Warehouse Accident
June 15,
2010 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in on June 16, 2010
Kelly McDaniel, a 23-year-old employee of Rothman Furniture died Tuesday after a sofa-love seat fell on him in the furniture retailer's O'Fallon, Mo., warehouse the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Wednesday.
McDaniel had been running a stockpicker when he was pinned by the sofa-love seat around 6 p.m..
He died soon after at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident.
Rothman Furniture CEO Dale Steinback said the companys staff is in shock over McDaniels death. He said the company has never had as serious an accident at its OFallon location in its 36 years in business.
"This was an incredibly nice young man," Rothman CEO Dale Steinback said in the report. "I cant emphasize enough the sympathy that I want to express to the McDaniel family."
A memorial fund has been established in McDaniel's name at any Southern Commercial bank branch. Checks can be made payable to "Memorial Fund for Kelly McDaniel."