A male laborer died after being crushed while cleaning the inside of a concrete mixer at a pipe manufacturing facility. The 25-year old Mexican immigrant was taking part in the daily routine cleaning procedure when a drastic miscommunication resulted in the machine being turned on with him inside. At the end of each day, the mixer is shut down. The breaker is shut off, then the toggle switch on the mixer is flipped to ensure the power is down. On the day the man died, a different man began the procedure. He shut down the breaker, but before he checked the toggle […]
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