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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Daily Mirror
Worker dies after getting 'trapped' in huge oven as horrified staff beg for help
Missouri factory worker Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, was working at the Glister Marylee Cereal Plant on Thursday when he suddenly became stuck inside an industrial oven A cereal factory worker was killed inside an industrial oven after he became "trapped" following a horrifying accident, according to police. Nicolas Lopez Gomez, who worked under the name Edward Avilawas, died while working at the Glister Marylee Cereal Plant in Perryville, Missouri, when he suddenly became stuck inside a huge oven last Thursday. According to authorities, the 38-year-old was power-washing the machine from the outside when he ended up inside the oven. Horrified co-workers quickly called emergency services after realising Gomez was trapped. However, less than 20 minutes after emergency services arrived, he was tragically pronounced dead. Police said it is unclear how Gomez became stuck in the oven. Foul play is not suspected. The oven wasn't running at the time of the horrific accident, so it is unclear what injuries the worker may have suffered. The Glister Marylee factory makes cereals with popular suppliers such as Walmart, Sam's Club, and Albertsons. The tragic death comes just eight months after the remains of Gursimran Kaur, 19, were tragically found inside the walk-in oven of the Walmart she worked at in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her body was discovered on October 19 by her devastated mum, who had become concerned after she had been missing for over an hour. Kaur's mum went to the bakery section to try to find her daughter when a colleague noticed a "leakage" coming from the walk-in oven. Tragically, when the mum opened the door, she discovered her daughter's charred remains. Emergency services were called to the store where they confirmed Kaur had died inside the oven. 'Gursimran Kaur was only 19 years old, a young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams,' a spokesperson for the family said in a GoFundMe appeal. "Imagine the horror that her mother experienced - who herself opened the oven. As you all know, her charred remains were found inside the walk-in oven in the bakery after a few hours." The store remained shut throughout the investigation as it conducted renovations - including removing all walk-in ovens. Now, police have concluded their investigation, which was initially called "complex". "The police investigation determined the death is not suspicious and there is no evidence of foul play", said the Halifax Police Department said. "Investigators met with family to share this update and extend condolences. Our thoughts remain with them at this difficult time." Police did not indicate a cause or manner of death. Gursimran was a member of the local Sikh community, having lived in Canada for around three years. 'Our deepest thoughts remain with the family and our associates as they continue to grieve,' Walmart Canada spokesperson Amanda Moss told USA Today.
Metro
2 days ago
- 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'
CBS News
2 days ago
- CBS News
Missouri cereal plant worker dies after getting trapped inside industrial oven
A worker at a Missouri cereal plant died Thursday after getting trapped in an industrial oven that was shut off, police said. Police in Perryville, Missouri, about80 miles southeast of St. Louis, were called to a Gilster-Mary Lee cereal plant around 3 p.m., "for a male stuck in an industrial oven that was shut down," according to a news release. Once officers and other responders were able to get to the man, he was dead, police said. Police and the Perry County coroner's office identified the man as Nicolas Lopez Gomez, a 38-year-old Guatemalan national. He was working under the alias of Edward Avila, police said. It was not yet clear how the worker got trapped. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been contacted about the incident and will conduct an investigation, Coroner Meghan Ellis said in a statement. "Our offices will work with them to determine how this occurred," she said. Gilster-Mary Lee did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Last year, a 19-year-old female employee at a Walmart in Canada was found dead inside a walk-in oven at the store's bakery department. The death was not suspicious, police said following an investigation.
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Daily Mail
Factory worker dies 'trapped' in industrial oven in horrifying accident
A Missouri factory worker suffered a horrific death after getting stuck inside an industrial oven. Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, a Guatemalan national who worked under the alias Edward Avila, died while cleaning the massive oven at the Gilster Marylee Cereal Plant in Perryville on Thursday around 3pm, police said. He was reportedly power washing the machine from the outside. It is unclear how Gomez ended up lodged inside the turned-off oven, but authorities do not suspect foul play. Panicked co-workers urgently dialed 911 to try to save him once they realized he was trapped. But less than 20 minutes after first responders arrived, the Perry County Coroner was called to the scene and Gomez was pronounced dead, KSDK reported. The coroner's office is working with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to investigate the harrowing incident. Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation, a private food label manufacturer, has operated for 125 years and has 11 locations across Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas, according to its website. Gomez's unsettling death comes eight months after a teen working at a Canadian Walmart was baked to death inside a walk-in oven. Gursimran Kaur's charred remains were found by her mother inside a bakery oven of a the store she worked at in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 19. The mother and her 19-year-old daughter had been living in Canada for about three years and worked at Walmart together. The pair had moved from India, where Kaur's brother and father remain. On the day of the deadly incident, her mother could not find her for over an hour, with her phone unusually turned off and unreachable. Then, a bakery section employee pointed out a 'leakage' from inside the walk-in oven - which led Kaur's mother to make the gut-wrenching discovery of her burned-to-death daughter. By the time emergency responders arrived at the scene, Kaur had died inside the industrial oven. Police ruled out foul play in November, but the store was closed until February 3 for renovations. 'It's great to have our customers and our associates back in the store,' Nick Ritcey with Walmart Canada's corporate affairs told CBC at the time. 'Obviously the tragedy is still top of mind and it's something that will be sad forever.' After police said the Halifax store could reopen, Walmart confirmed they would remove the walk-in oven. Walmart spokesperson Amanda Moss told the National Post: 'This is an extremely sad and difficult situation. 'Removing the oven had always been part of the standard remodel program we are implementing across the country. 'Now that the stop-work order has been lifted by the Department of Labor, the oven will be removed from this store and will no longer be used.'
Fox News
2 days ago
- Fox News
Missouri factory worker found dead inside industrial oven, police say
Print Close By Pilar Arias Published June 30, 2025 A Guatemalan national working under an alias was found dead inside an industrial oven at a cereal plant in Missouri last week, authorities say. Nicolas Lopez Gomez, 38, who was working under the name Edward Avila, was located by officers, emergency medical services personnel and firefighters, the Perryville Police Department said. Officers were sent to the Gilster-Mary Lee Perryville Cereal Plant for a man "stuck in an industrial oven that was shut down," police said. By the time they got to Gomez, he was already dead. The Perry County coroner was called in shortly after to assist. MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO FERTILITY CENTER BOMBING IN CALIFORNIA DIES IN FEDERAL CUSTODY "OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] has been contacted concerning this accident and will be conducting its investigation," Perry County Coroner Meghan Ellis said in a statement. "Our offices will work with them to determine how this occurred." Fox News Digital reached out to both the OSHA and the Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation for comment, but neither immediately responded. FAMILY OF MOM MURDERED IN RITZY DC SUBURB DECADES AGO GETS JUSTICE AS PERP NOBODY EXPECTED PLEADS GUILTY CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Gilster-Mary Lee Corporation operates 11 locations across three Midwestern states, its website says. The company has been in operation for 125 years, manufacturing "safe, quality food products" that are sold under private labels and by food service companies. In Perryville, the company's cereal and mix plants are right across the street from each other on Old St. Mary's Road, Google Maps shows. Print Close URL
