The mother of three was cleaning debris from the raisin separator when the machine jammed. (via toofab)
A 33-year-old California woman died after her clothing got caught in machinery used to process raisins on Friday.
Yaneth Lopez Valladares was killed around 11 a.m. while working at Del Rey Packing Company's dehydrator plant in Fresno County, according to the county Sheriff's Office. She became entangled with a shaft to a cylinder that separates bunches of raisins, struck her head and passed out, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration said in a statement.Two other employees were nearby and immediately powered down the machine, but she died at the scene.
"It was the most awful scream I've heard, it sounded like a blood curdling scream, soon after that the fire department showed up, followed by police," said a witness. Valladares, a single mother of three, was a contract worker on her second season at the plant, authorities said."This is obviously a very traumatic situation.
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