Duvan Robert Tomas Perez, 16, was a sanitation worker at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Miss. A statement from the plant says Perez died after he became entangled in a machine he was cleaning.
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Duvan Robert Tomas Perez, 16, was a sanitation worker at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Miss. A statement from the plant says Perez died after he became entangled in a machine he was cleaning.
A teenager died while working underage at a Mississippi poultry plant last week, the third accidental death at the facility in less than three years.
Sixteen-year-old Duvan Robert Tomas Perez died while on the job at the Mar-Jac Poultry plant in Hattiesburg, Miss., last Friday. Forrest County Deputy Coroner Lisa Klem confirmed the where and when of Perez’s death, but said she couldn’t release specific details at the request of the family.
In a press release obtained by NPR, Mar-Jac Poultry said that a sanitation employee at the plant suffered a fatal injury when he “became entangled” in the one of the machines he was cleaning. According to the statement, the plant immediately notified the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and an investigation was launched with the company’s full cooperation.
The statement did not mention Perez by name.
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