TREVORTON -- A 19-year-old Danville man was killed on Friday at a wood processing plant when he was struck by an overhead saw while cleaning debris from under the blade.
Emmanuel Lapp, of Belle Hollow Road, Danville RD, was working at Irish Valley Hardwoods, in Rockefeller Township, at 12:55 p.m., when the accident occurred, according to Northumberland County Coroner James F. Kelley. Lopp was pronounced dead at 1:45 p.m. at the accident scene of "sharp force trauma to the head," read the coroner's report. The manner of death was listed as accidental.
Assisting Kelley at the scene were Chief Deputy Coroner James R. Gotlob, Deputy Coroner Barry J. Leisenring and Trevorton Ambulance personnel. The coroner's office, Sgt. Ronald Zanella and Cpl. Curtis Cooke of the State Police, Stonington station, are continuing the investigation.
