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    Hugo Avalos-Chanon (41) died after falling into an industrial blender at a meat-processing plant

    State authorities are investigating the death of a cleaning contractor who fell into a mechanical blender late Friday at a large Clackamas-area meat-processing plant with a troubled history.

    Oregon OSHA investigators are examining evidence, interviewing witnesses and reviewing records in 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 Interstate Meat Distributors, 9550 S.E. Last Road.

    Inspectors with the state Occupational Safety and Health Division cited Interstate Meat in October, after finding that machinery in the meat-grinding room wasn't properly locked down during cleaning. Inspectors said an "unexpected start-up of the machine" could cause injuries.

    However, Melanie Mesaros, Oregon OSHA spokeswoman, said the October report may not be connected to Avalos-Chanon's death. "It's way too early to say," Mesaros said. "We're just starting our investigation, which could take six months."

    Mesaros said the agency inspected DCS Sanitation Management's operations in 2001, 2002 and 2004, finding no violations.

    Darrin Hoy, president of Interstate Meat Distributors, said company officials are cooperating fully with investigators, but said Avalos-Chanon's death was "extremely unfortunate" and difficult to discuss. "We're not looking forward to reliving through any of it again," Hoy said.

    There was no interruption of business, and the plant remains open, Hoy said.

    Tom Murray, chief executive officer of DCS Sanitation Management, could not be reached for comment.

    Clackamas County sheriff's deputies and Clackamas Fire District 1 paramedics were called around 11:45 p.m. Friday, after Avalos-Chanon was found entangled in a blender, which regulates the fat content of ground meat. The following day, firefighters returned to help dismantle the machinery and extricate Avalos-Chanon's body.

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

    Police said no foul play is suspected. Trauma Intervention Program counselors visited to work with Avalos-Chanon's fellow employees

    Interstate Meat Distributors, in business for 42 years, employs 120 on a 3.6-acre site. The company sells mostly to grocery stores, Hoy said.

    The company was the target of a consumer alert in 2007, when potentially deadly E.coli bacteria was traced to Interstate Meat's ground beef. In 2003, the company unwittingly distributed ground beef from a dairy cow found to have mad-cow disease.

    Mesaros said an accident occurred at the plant in 2005, but the records were not readily available Monday.

    http://www.oregonlive.com/clackamasc..._into_mea.html




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    Quote Originally Posted by bowieluva View Post
    Listen, if no one cares when a crazy noodle walks in and executes children with a gun, no one cares about anything.

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    I ain't gonna eat any meat coming from that plant for a few days at least! Maybe even more!

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    Morbid curiousity here! Did the machine stop working once he fell inside? or did he come out like ground beef?


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    Quote Originally Posted by alaina02 View Post
    Morbid curiousity here! Did the machine stop working once he fell inside? or did he come out like ground beef?

    That depends upon the type of machine you fall into. A heavy industrial blender will just blend you into mush and keep going, a smaller type of food processor like the one in the photo will get jammed once your bigger bones get pushed into the auger. It cannot handle bones like the pelvis or the spine, skull or femurs. These force the auger to stop and the machine shuts down. There are some wonderful photos videos on websites like TheYnc or Kaotic that have videos of people falling into or being removed from machines like these after the fact. Or if you want more information you can go to http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/.

    The Gov site has a decade of photos and information about people being sucked into just about every type of industrial machine on this planet. And I have to say, after reading a few of these cases I really don't want anything to do with them, the deaths are quite brutal.

    One thing all these people do have in common is lack of common sense. To step into an industrial machine for any reason without locking and tagging it out is just pure stupidity.

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    New worst way to die. "Chopping injuries."

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    Quote Originally Posted by becoming View Post
    New worst way to die. "Chopping injuries."

    Oh no, getting chopped up is the easy way to die. The worst is getting caught in an Industrial Press or a slow suffocation death in a Grain Silo, or even getting squished in a Bailing machine. Now those are horrible ways to die. Other horrible ways to die: Getting sucked into a moving escalator, caught in the gears of a combine, getting pulled into a debarking machine or even falling into a vat of boiling water, oil or acid.

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