Worker, 30, Killed in Cement Mixer Accident
From Times Staff Reports
A 30-year-old Oxnard man died Friday night after his legs were severed in a cement mixing machine, authorities said Saturday.
Juan Manuel Vasquez was doing maintenance work inside the machine when for unknown reasons it activated and dragged him into a loading chute, authorities said.
The accident occurred about 10:45 a.m. Friday at Team Transit Mix in the 500 block of Diaz Avenue in Oxnard.
Vasquez was conscious and talking during his 20-minute rescue by firefighters but died about 6 p.m. during surgery at a local hospital.
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