An investigation is underway after a deadly workplace accident in Milford.

An investigation is underway after a deadly workplace accident in Milford.

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An investigation is underway after a deadly workplace accident in Milford.

An investigation is underway after a deadly workplace accident in Milford.

It all took place Wednesday night at Hamilton Safe on Round Bottom Road in Milford.

Union Township police said a male employee was trapped under a safe door and died at the scene.

The Clermont County Coroner's Office has identified him as 59-year-old John Earhart.

Detectives from the Union Township Police Department, along with the Cincinnati office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, are conducting an investigation into what took place.

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