On August 24, 2020, at approximately 8:23 p.m., deputies were dispatched to a home accident with a person trapped, at 1600 E. 87th Street South. Deputies arrived at approximately 8:29 p.m., and discovered Shane V. Shafer, a 51 year old white male, unconscious in the back yard of the residence.
Deputies learned Shafer and his two teenage sons were in the process of moving the large press brake from a flatbed trailer. During this process, the press brake fell from the trailer pushing Shafer to the ground; crushing him beneath it. Shafer’s sons and a neighbor were able to use jacks to lift the press brake up enough to remove him from underneath it prior to the deputies arrival.
Shafer suffered major trauma to his back and torso from the press brake. Unfortunately, Shafer succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene, at approximately 8:34 p.m.