Worker at golf cart company in Georgia dies after getting stuck under conveyor

Authorities on Wednesday announced that a Georgia woman who worked at the Club Car, a company that makes golf carts and other vehicles, died after getting stuck under a moving conveyor while reaching for her AirPod, NBC News reported.

Last week, Alyssa Drinkard, 21, was working her shift at a plant for Club Car when she dropped an AirPod below the conveyor and got stuck on the chain that moves the conveyor, a witness told investigators according to a Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident report.

The witness, Drinkard's colleague Fae’Zsha Smith, 25, revealed that her colleague was working across from her when Drinkard said she dropped an AirPod under the conveyor.

Smith recalled telling Drinkard that she'd get it for her once it was safe to do so after she looked under the machine and saw the earbud.

"She said, 'It's OK, I'll just get new ones,'" Smith said.

However, seconds later, Smith looked down and witnessed Drinkard's arm pinned to the machine.

The witness recalled seeing a significant amount of blood after Drinkard tried to reach for the AirPod from her side of the work station.

Unable to get her out, Smith called for maintenance to "come and shut the machine down."

"They began taking it apart once the machine was down and called 911," the report said.

Emergency personnel freed Drinkard, "by cutting the metal frame from around the conveyor and pulling her out," the report indicates.

Drinkard still had a pulse when she was freed from the machine, and emergency personnel performed life-saving measures on her before she was hospitalised, the incident report said.

In a statement to The Augusta Press, the company confirmed a worker on Friday night sustained critical injuries at its primary manufacturing facility in Evans before dying.

The company said: "First responders were immediately notified, and we thank them for their quick response to provide medical care and transportation to the hospital where the worker unfortunately later passed away."

The company added: "We are working with authorities and the contractor in an investigation to determine the facts about what led to the incident."

Club Car, based in Augusta, is a leading manufacturer of golf carts for the Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) of America, PGA TOUR Tournament Players Club Network and European Tour.

The company was once ranked among the country's safest.