A contracted recycling machine repairman who was critically shocked at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Aunt Millie's bakery died within the hour of electrocution, according to a news release from the Allen County coroner's office.

Richard D. Warren, 50, from Morris, Ill., was pronounced dead at St. Joseph Hospital at 3:56 p.m. Tuesday, according to the release. Aunt Millie's spokeswoman Melissa Dunning said the man was working on a cardboard baler machine at the time of the accident at the bakery, 350 Pearl St. No information about Warren's condition was available Tuesday, or Wednesday before press time.

After an autopsy Wednesday, the coroner ruled his cause of death as accidental electrocution.

The Fort Wayne company was investigated in July 2003 for two violations - occupational noise exposure and permit-required confined spaces, which is defined as requirements for practices and procedures to protect employees in general industry from the hazards of entry into permit-required confined spaces - and $600 in penalties were issued after a settlement, according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration Web site. The same factory was also investigated in April 2003 for another violation cited as “general requirements,” essentially meaning that areas must be kept clean and safe. The company settled for an $810 fine.

OSHA is investigating Tuesday's accident, but said it could be four to five weeks minimum before the inquiry is concluded.

“We're still doing our investigation to find out what the exact cause was,” said spokesman Sean M. Keefer of the investigation. “Really we're just doing our due diligence.”

Fort Wayne Police and the Allen County Coroner's Office are also investigating.