Coworkers Saved His Life: What an Indiana Factory Got Right

A worker at the Keystone RV plant in Goshen, Indiana went into sudden cardiac arrest in the middle of his shift. He is alive today because the people standing next to him knew what to do.

According to a WNDU 16 News Now report from September 2, 2026, a coworker found long-time employee Pat Moran collapsed and called for help straight away. The team started CPR and used the plant’s automated external defibrillator (AED) to shock his heart while they waited for paramedics. Moran has since recovered.

Two details in the story matter for any employer.

The first is speed. A physician interviewed for the report said survival is very low without immediate CPR and an AED, and that the two together can roughly triple a person’s chances. The American Heart Association puts the baseline plainly: about 350,000 people in the United States have a cardiac arrest outside a hospital each year, and around nine in ten do not survive.

The second is location. A Goshen police officer pointed out that large industrial buildings are hard for first responders to find their way around, so it can take extra minutes just to reach the person. Inside a plant, a warehouse or a multi-floor office, the first few minutes belong to coworkers.

What this means for your workplace

Know where your AED is, and make sure everyone else does too. Train more than one person on every shift, because the trained person may be the one who collapses. And practice, because people move faster when they have rehearsed.

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Source: WNDU 16 News Now, “Goshen factory workers jump into action to save coworker’s life with CPR, AED,” September 2, 2026.