ALLEN PARK, Mich. – An Allen Park postal worker was stuck in a machine for hours before firefighters found his body, they said.
The discovery was made Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at a United States Postal Service facility in Allen Park.
Officials said the man’s fiancé called police to tell them that he hadn’t returned home from work. Firefighters went to the facility and found him stuck in the mail handling machine.
He had been dead for 6-8 hours before firefighters got there, according to authorities.
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The Allen Park facility is a network distribution center, a large mail processing facility with many large machines.
Police are calling the man’s death “accidental,” and the investigation is ongoing.
The man’s fiancé told Local 4 that she didn’t call. She said she stood outside the facility for three hours before she got any help.