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USA Today
01-07-2025
- USA Today
Worker dies after getting trapped in Missouri cereal plant oven
A Missouri cereal plant employee died after getting trapped in an industrial oven that was shut down, officials say. Perryville Police Department, in a post on social media, said they were called to the Gilster-Mary Lee Cereal Plant in Perryville, about 80 miles southeast of St. Louis, around 3 p.m. on June 26 "for a male stuck in an industrial oven that was shut down." Despite attempts to render aid, when officers, medics, and the Perryville Fire Department were able to get to the man, he was dead, police said. Perry County Coroner, Meghan Ellis, responded shortly after at 3:25 p.m. The victim was identified as Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, a Guatemalan national working under the alias Edward Avila by police and the Coroner's Office, the news release said. It is not yet clear how the accident occurred, and the coroner's office did not reveal the cause of death. Ellis, in a statement, said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) "has been contacted about the incident and will conduct an investigation." "Our offices will work with them to determine how this occurred," Ellis added. More news: Woman dies after getting stuck in clothing donation box in Florida Victim had been an employee for 9 years Gilster-Mary Lee did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for more information on the incident. However, the company, in a statement to CBS News said the worker, who had been an employee for nine years, "was fatally injured in a cereal drying system that was out of service." "He will be greatly missed, and the company extends its sincere sympathies and condolences to his family, friends and coworkers," Gilster-Mary Lee said in its statement to CBS. Gilster-Mary Lee added it is working with OSHA and conducting its own investigation. Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, which "offers an extensive selection of premium private label and food service products," according to its website operates 11 manufacturing facilities in Missouri and Illinois. Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Yahoo
Worker dies after getting trapped in Missouri cereal plant oven
A Missouri cereal plant employee died after getting trapped in an industrial oven that was shut down, officials say. Perryville Police Department, in a post on social media, said they were called to the Gilster-Mary Lee Cereal Plant in Perryville, about 80 miles southeast of St. Louis, around 3 p.m. on June 26 "for a male stuck in an industrial oven that was shut down." Despite attempts to render aid, when officers, medics, and the Perryville Fire Department were able to get to the man, he was dead, police said. Perry County Coroner, Meghan Ellis, responded shortly after at 3:25 p.m. The victim was identified as Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, a Guatemalan national working under the alias Edward Avila by police and the Coroner's Office, the news release said. It is not yet clear how the accident occurred, and the coroner's office did not reveal the cause of death. Ellis, in a statement, said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) "has been contacted about the incident and will conduct an investigation." "Our offices will work with them to determine how this occurred," Ellis added. More news: Woman dies after getting stuck in clothing donation box in Florida Gilster-Mary Lee did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for more information on the incident. However, the company, in a statement to CBS News said the worker, who had been an employee for nine years, "was fatally injured in a cereal drying system that was out of service." "He will be greatly missed, and the company extends its sincere sympathies and condolences to his family, friends and coworkers," Gilster-Mary Lee said in its statement to CBS. Gilster-Mary Lee added it is working with OSHA and conducting its own investigation. Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, which "offers an extensive selection of premium private label and food service products," according to its website operates 11 manufacturing facilities in Missouri and Illinois. Saman Shafiq is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at sshafiq@ and follow her on X and Instagram @saman_shafiq7. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Gilster-Mary Lee cereal plant worker dies after getting stuck in oven
Metro
30-06-2025
- Metro
Man dies after getting stuck in cereal plant oven
A factory worker got stuck in an industrial oven at a cereal plant and died. Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, was found in the oven at a Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation cereal plant in Perryville, Missouri, on Thursday afternoon. Firefighters tried to help but were not able to get to him before he succumbed to his injuries, said the Perryville Police Department. The Perry County Coronor was called to the scene less than 20 minutes after officers arrived around 3pm. There was 'a concerted effort between the police department and the coroner's office' to save him, according to the police department. Police identified him as a Guatemalan native who was working under the name Edward Avila. Gomez 'was in the process of using a power washer on the machine from the outside,' a police spokesperson told KSDK. Investigators were not able to immediately figure out how Gomez got inside the machine, but no foul play is suspected. 'Our offices will work with them to determine how this occurred,' stated Perry County Coroner Meghan Ellis. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is actively investigating the incident that happened at on the 600 block of Old St Mary's Road. Gilster-Mary Lee has been in business for 125 years. More Trending 'The story of Gilster-Mary Lee is the story of its employees,' states its website. 'Gilster-Mary Lee employees brought the company through the challenging years of its startup, the great Mississippi River flood of 1993, and the Covid-19 pandemic. 'They have consistently made peoples' lives better by providing them high quality, high value food products that they enjoy!' Gomez died more than a year after a Georgia woman working at a golf cart plant was pulled into a conveyer belt while trying to pick up an AirPod and was crushed to death. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: Man, 92, found guilty of murdering pensioner in UK's longest-running cold case MORE: Father jumps into sea to save daughter who fell from Disney cruise ship MORE: Grieving mother sues funeral home after son's body shown 'covered with maggots'
