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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
Wed May 1, 2013, 03:13 PM May 2013

Righ out of 'The Jungle', Cleaner killed when he falls into meat blender

CLACKAMAS, Ore. An Oregon cleaning worker was killed when he fell into a running blender at a meat-processing plant, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputy Nate Thompson identified the worker as Hugo Avalos-Chanon, 41, of Portland. He worked for DCS Sanitation Management, a cleaning company that has a contract with Interstate Meat Distributors.

Paramedics and sheriff's deputies were called around 11:45 p.m. Friday, after Avalos-Chanon was found entangled in the machinery.

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Dr. Cliff Young, a deputy state medical examiner, said Avalos-Chanon died from "blunt-force injuries and chopping wounds."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57582261/cleaner-killed-when-he-falls-into-meat-blender/


I'll take horse meat any day.
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Itchinjim

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Wed May 1, 2013, 04:30 PM
May 2013

Lock out. Tag out. I'm willing to bet that this was a non-union plant and this unfortunate man was not properly trained in LOTO.

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