Breaking News: Man dies in fall at CFS facility

An Owatonna man has died after reportedly falling at his workplace on Christmas Day.

Frederick Urch, 58, died at Central Farm Services (CFS), 712 N. Cedar Ave., in Owatonna. He was the vice-president of energy at the facility.

According to James Honerman, communications director at the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry, “Minnesota OSHA Compliance was notified, responded to the accident and has opened its investigation.”

OSHA investigates about 25 work-related fatalities annually, he said. An average of seven workers die each year in falls.