Worker Killed in Cardboard Recycling Shredder Accident
July 13, 2009
Los Angeles – A warehouse worker died after being caught in a cardboard recycling shredder in Los Angeles Monday morning, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the accident happened at a distributing warehouse in the Lincoln Heights area just about after 8:00 a.m.
Fire Department spokesman Devin Gales said that paramedics were called but the man was already dead and was still stuck in the machine when they came.
The name of the said worker has not yet been released and the cause of the accident is still under investigation.