Mercer County Sheriff's Department was called Thursday around 11:30 a.m. to a report of a man stuck in an auger at the Village of Mendon Utility Department.
MERCER COUNTY, Ohio (WFFT)- A man is dead after an auger accident in Mercer County.
Mercer County Sheriff's Department was called Thursday around 11:30 a.m. to a report of a man stuck in an auger at the Village of Mendon Utility Department.
An investigation revealed Brendan Poling, 49, had climbed inside the bed of a dump truck carrying salt. Poling slipped and fell into the salt auger. He was later found by another employee.
Poling was pronounced dead at the scene.
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Marion | 15029 | 724 |
| Lake | 7139 | 273 |
| Elkhart | 4630 | 77 |
| Allen | 3662 | 158 |
| St. Joseph | 3203 | 79 |
| Hamilton | 2543 | 104 |
| Hendricks | 1774 | 105 |
| Vanderburgh | 1763 | 12 |
| Cass | 1754 | 9 |
| Johnson | 1667 | 118 |
| Porter | 1209 | 39 |
| Tippecanoe | 1118 | 11 |
| Clark | 1109 | 45 |
| Madison | 862 | 65 |
| LaPorte | 843 | 29 |
| Howard | 824 | 65 |
| Kosciusko | 822 | 13 |
| Bartholomew | 748 | 47 |
| Marshall | 744 | 22 |
| Floyd | 718 | 45 |
| Monroe | 695 | 30 |
| Delaware | 654 | 52 |
| Boone | 644 | 46 |
| Dubois | 643 | 12 |
| Noble | 637 | 29 |
| Hancock | 628 | 38 |
| Jackson | 554 | 4 |
| LaGrange | 546 | 10 |
| Warrick | 528 | 30 |
| Shelby | 522 | 26 |
| Vigo | 509 | 10 |
| Grant | 507 | 29 |
| Dearborn | 473 | 28 |
| Morgan | 437 | 32 |
| Henry | 364 | 18 |
| Clinton | 360 | 3 |
| White | 347 | 10 |
| Montgomery | 342 | 21 |
| Wayne | 334 | 10 |
| Lawrence | 331 | 27 |
| Decatur | 318 | 32 |
| Harrison | 300 | 22 |
| Miami | 259 | 2 |
| Scott | 252 | 10 |
| Daviess | 249 | 19 |
| Greene | 240 | 34 |
| Putnam | 233 | 8 |
| Franklin | 229 | 11 |
| DeKalb | 221 | 4 |
| Jennings | 213 | 12 |
| Jasper | 210 | 2 |
| Gibson | 202 | 4 |
| Steuben | 201 | 3 |
| Ripley | 190 | 7 |
| Perry | 172 | 12 |
| Orange | 164 | 24 |
| Starke | 164 | 7 |
| Fayette | 162 | 7 |
| Wabash | 161 | 3 |
| Posey | 160 | 0 |
| Jefferson | 152 | 2 |
| Carroll | 148 | 2 |
| Whitley | 148 | 6 |
| Fulton | 147 | 2 |
| Knox | 134 | 0 |
| Wells | 134 | 2 |
| Huntington | 119 | 3 |
| Tipton | 117 | 6 |
| Washington | 117 | 1 |
| Spencer | 112 | 3 |
| Newton | 111 | 10 |
| Randolph | 107 | 4 |
| Clay | 101 | 5 |
| Adams | 82 | 2 |
| Owen | 82 | 1 |
| Jay | 81 | 0 |
| Rush | 80 | 4 |
| Sullivan | 78 | 1 |
| Pulaski | 71 | 1 |
| Brown | 70 | 1 |
| Fountain | 64 | 2 |
| Benton | 60 | 0 |
| Blackford | 55 | 2 |
| Ohio | 51 | 4 |
| Parke | 48 | 1 |
| Pike | 47 | 0 |
| Crawford | 44 | 0 |
| Switzerland | 43 | 0 |
| Martin | 42 | 0 |
| Vermillion | 42 | 0 |
| Union | 33 | 0 |
| Warren | 19 | 1 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 202 |
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 17404 | 515 |
| Cuyahoga | 12881 | 482 |
| Hamilton | 9248 | 248 |
| Lucas | 5035 | 319 |
| Montgomery | 4092 | 80 |
| Summit | 3338 | 217 |
| Marion | 2896 | 44 |
| Butler | 2743 | 60 |
| Mahoning | 2437 | 253 |
| Pickaway | 2365 | 42 |
| Stark | 1713 | 137 |
| Warren | 1669 | 35 |
| Lorain | 1650 | 77 |
| Columbiana | 1583 | 60 |
| Trumbull | 1451 | 105 |
| Fairfield | 1264 | 27 |
| Delaware | 1219 | 18 |
| Licking | 1158 | 44 |
| Clark | 1092 | 14 |
| Lake | 1054 | 36 |
| Wood | 954 | 58 |
| Clermont | 859 | 11 |
| Medina | 848 | 33 |
| Miami | 781 | 37 |
| Tuscarawas | 756 | 14 |
| Portage | 724 | 60 |
| Allen | 667 | 42 |
| Greene | 635 | 11 |
| Belmont | 590 | 26 |
| Richland | 547 | 12 |
| Ashtabula | 544 | 45 |
| Erie | 535 | 27 |
| Geauga | 535 | 44 |
| Mercer | 535 | 13 |
| Wayne | 508 | 58 |
| Ross | 419 | 4 |
| Huron | 378 | 4 |
| Ottawa | 361 | 25 |
| Athens | 350 | 1 |
| Sandusky | 343 | 17 |
| Darke | 341 | 26 |
| Madison | 336 | 10 |
| Hancock | 333 | 2 |
| Holmes | 322 | 6 |
| Auglaize | 226 | 5 |
| Lawrence | 225 | 0 |
| Union | 222 | 1 |
| Jefferson | 210 | 3 |
| Muskingum | 199 | 1 |
| Scioto | 199 | 1 |
| Putnam | 198 | 17 |
| Washington | 198 | 22 |
| Coshocton | 185 | 6 |
| Knox | 185 | 7 |
| Preble | 172 | 2 |
| Crawford | 168 | 5 |
| Seneca | 167 | 3 |
| Shelby | 164 | 4 |
| Morrow | 160 | 2 |
| Clinton | 153 | 6 |
| Hardin | 153 | 12 |
| Champaign | 150 | 2 |
| Fulton | 141 | 1 |
| Highland | 136 | 1 |
| Ashland | 133 | 3 |
| Defiance | 132 | 4 |
| Logan | 130 | 2 |
| Wyandot | 125 | 7 |
| Williams | 124 | 3 |
| Brown | 118 | 1 |
| Guernsey | 112 | 7 |
| Hocking | 111 | 9 |
| Carroll | 110 | 5 |
| Perry | 109 | 3 |
| Henry | 108 | 1 |
| Fayette | 102 | 0 |
| Monroe | 91 | 18 |
| Pike | 70 | 0 |
| Van Wert | 70 | 1 |
| Jackson | 68 | 0 |
| Paulding | 62 | 0 |
| Gallia | 58 | 1 |
| Adams | 56 | 2 |
| Vinton | 30 | 2 |
| Meigs | 26 | 0 |
| Harrison | 21 | 1 |
| Morgan | 20 | 0 |
| Noble | 16 | 0 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
