Maintenance worker killed in meat blender accident
A cleaning contractor fell into a mechanical blender at a Oregon meat processing plant last Friday and was killed. Oregon OSHA investigators are investigating the death of Hugo Avalos-Chanon, 41, of Southeast Portland, who was declared dead shortly before midnight at Interstate Meat Distributors Inc. Avalos-Chanon worked for DCS Sanitation Management Inc., which is contracted to clean meat-processing equipment daily at the company.
Clackamas County sheriff's deputies and paramedics were called in on Friday night after Avalos-Chanon was found entangled in the blender. His body was not removed until the following day, after firefighters had dismantled the machine. The worker died of blunt-force injuries and chopping wounds, according to a deputy state medical examiner.