Worker, 38, Found Dead After Getting 'Stuck' in an Industrial Oven at a Missouri Cereal Plant
He has since been identified as Nicolas Lopez Gomez, a Guatemalan national working "under the alias" of Edward Avila, according to police
Authorities said it is currently "unclear" how the worker ended up inside the machineA man died this week due to an incident with an industrial oven at a cereal plant in Missouri.
On Thursday, June 26, at around 3:00 p.m. local time, the Perryville Police Department (PPD) responded to a report of a man "stuck in an industrial oven" that was "shut down" at the Gilster Marylee Cereal Plant, authorities said in a news release.
After arriving at the plant, located at the 600 block of Old St. Marys Road in the city of Perryville, officers, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Perryville Fire Department (PFD) were able to "gain access" to the man, but he was dead, according to the release.
Perry County Coroner Meghan Ellis later arrived on the scene after being called around 3:25 p.m.
Officials eventually identified the man as 38-year-old Nicolas Lopez Gomez, a Guatemalan national working "under the alias" of Edward Avila, per the release from police.
Authorities said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had "been contacted concerning this accident and will be conducting its investigation."
"Our offices will work with them to determine how this occurred," they added.
Both OSHA and the Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for further information on Sunday, June 29.
A police spokesperson told NBC affiliate KSDK that Gomez was "in the process of using a power washer on the machine from the outside" before his body was discovered inside the oven.
"It is unclear at this time how he ended up inside the machine," they added.
According to its website, Gilster-Mary Lee has 11 manufacturing facilities in Missouri and Illinois, and the corporation has "manufactured safe, quality food products" for over 125 years.
The discovery of Gomez's body comes over eight months after a 19-year-old Walmart employee in Canada was found dead inside a store's walk-in bakery oven.
The teen has since been identified as Gursimran Kaur, and a GoFundMe campaign set up on her behalf raised nearly $200,000 for her 'bereaved family."
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