Feb 25, 2025

Sheriff IDs victim who died in an occupational incident in Wichita

Posted Feb 25, 2025 10:00 PM

SEDGWICK COUNTY— The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office has identified the individual who died in an occupational incident at Textron Aviation’s east campus on Monday as 61-year-old Rocky Baldwin of Wichita.

Just after noon Monday, the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies, Sedgwick County EMS, and firefighters from Sedgwick County Fire District 1 and the Wichita Fire Department responded to the 9700 block of East Central for a report of an employee not breathing.

Fire and EMS personnel found Mr. Baldwin in a facility paint booth, wearing a ventilator mask and not breathing. Despite life-saving measures, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

His death remains under investigation by the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office and the Sedgwick County Coroner’s Office.