FLORIDA — A worker has died after getting trapped beneath the arm of a conveyor belt at a manufacturing facility in Deerfield Beach, officials say.
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An industrial accident was reported a little after midnight at 1441 W. Newport Drive, a facility that mass produces food products, according to Broward Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Michael Kane.
The worker was trying to address a problem with a large machine at the facility when he became trapped beneath the hopper arm of a conveyor belt, Kane said. First responders were not able to save the man, and paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.
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Officials are investigating the incident, Kane said. He did not identify the worker.
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