From ABC 7: VERNON, Calif. (KABC) — An investigation was underway after a 19-year-old man died while he was working at a Vernon factory that makes a well-known brand of frozen burritos.
The tragic incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, which said the call came in as an injured worker in the kitchen of the Tina’s Burritos factory.
Sgt. Daniel Onopa with the Vernon Police Department said the victim was cleaning an industrial food processor when the machine unexpectedly activated.
Other workers who heard him yelling for help tried to turn off the machine, but were unable to. The man had already died when officers arrived at the factory.
According to KTLA5, the sanitation worker, who has not yet been identified, fell into a meat grinder machine at Tina’s Burritos factory in Vernon, California, a town just south of Los Angeles.
The incident is still under investigation, but is being considered as simply a tragic accident.
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A 19-year-old worker at a frozen burrito factory in Vernon died overnight in what appears to be a terrible accident. Police say he was cleaning an industrial food processor when the machine unexpectedly activated. https://t.co/JONIHzJGm5 pic.twitter.com/XD2rFUUuR7
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