Dive Summary:
- Oregon OSHA is investigating the death of 41-year-old Hugo Avalos-Chanon, who died late Friday after falling into a meat grinder at the Interstate Meat Distributors, Inc. processing plant in Clackamas, Ore. he had been contracted to clean.
- Avalos-Chanon reportedly died of "blunt force trauma and chopping wounds," and his body was removed from the machine the following morning before the plant continued normal operation.
- The company was cited by OSHA in October for multiple worker safety standards violations--including a table saw that lacked a hood to protect arm injuries--were reportedly corrected that day, and was also connected to a 2007 E. coli outbreak.
From the article:
... Avalos-Chanon worked for a cleaning company that had been contracted to clean the Clackamas facility. At around 11:45 pm Friday, emergency workers responded to a call from the plant, and arrived on the scene to find him entangled in a blender used to regulate fat content in ground beef, according to the Oregonian. ...
