ROUND ROCK -- Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have launched an investigation into the death of a food plant worker caught in a meat-processing machine, authorities said.
Daniel Cruz Romero, 34, was killed Friday after being caught in a meat-processing machine at Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, a frozen food manufacturer in northern Travis County. Romero had complained to a former co-worker he was having trouble with the machine, the Austin American-Statesman reported for Saturday's editions.
Romero's entire body went through the machine, police said.
"Once he was caught in it, he would have been entangled in those," said Sgt. Robert Horton of the Round Rock Police Department. "It was a gruesome scene."
a The top of the machine has metal grates that were open at the time of Romero's death. Sensors in the machine are supposed to detect when the lid is open to prevent the machine from turning on, Horton said
A meal in a minute...Mmmmmm...good.
Daniel Cruz Romero, 34, was killed Friday after being caught in a meat-processing machine at Michael Angelo's Gourmet Foods, a frozen food manufacturer in northern Travis County. Romero had complained to a former co-worker he was having trouble with the machine, the Austin American-Statesman reported for Saturday's editions.
Romero's entire body went through the machine, police said.
"Once he was caught in it, he would have been entangled in those," said Sgt. Robert Horton of the Round Rock Police Department. "It was a gruesome scene."
a The top of the machine has metal grates that were open at the time of Romero's death. Sensors in the machine are supposed to detect when the lid is open to prevent the machine from turning on, Horton said
A meal in a minute...Mmmmmm...good.
