CATOOSA, Okla. — The Tulsa Fire Department confirmed two workers were killed at Sooner Coating, an painting industry at the Port of Catoosa.
A 911 call was made around 7 a.m., reporting an industrial accident trapping several under machinery at the plant.
Investigators say the two victims were working an overnight shift when the accident happened.
Day shift workers arrived early Friday morning, and discovered something was wrong. Fire and rescue crews arrived, and located the victims pinned underneath the machine when the arrived on scene.
“Unfortunately, it was not a rescue recovery, it was in fact an accident that led to be fatal over a period of sometime during the night," said Andy Little with Tulsa Fire.
Little said it appeared the crane they were using shifted, hitting the two.
Oklahoma Safety and Health Authority is handling the investigation.
“As with any accident in an industrial type setting occurs, there are investigations because it is important to find out what happened and try to prevent those things from happening in the future," said Little.
The victims families have been notified. 2 News has no details on the two men involved in the incident.
As the investigation is ongoing, Sooner Coating closed their operations for the rest of the day.
2 News did some digging to learn more about the business.
All of the phone numbers we located through opens records searches connected to the business either were not in service or were not answered.
Sooner Coating has not commented on the incident.
This is a developing story, and will be updated as we learn more.
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