Foster Farms Employee Crushed by 5 Feet of Animal Feed

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Foster Farms Employee Crushed by 5 Feet of Animal Feed

 

San Jose Mercury News

Posted on Fri, Mar. 24, 2006

 

DELHI, Calif. (AP) - An employee of a large poultry plant was badly hurt

after he fell into a silo and was crushed by 5 feet of animal feed.

 

Kevin Southerland, 52, was trying to remove corn stuck on the wall of a

150-foot-tall silo on Wednesday when the feed fell on him, said Dean

Fryer, a spokesman for the California Division of Occupational Safety

and Health.

 

Police officers dug an unconscious Southerland out with their bare

hands.

 

Southerland was in critical condition Thursday, hospital spokesman John

Gilbert said.

 

The state job safety agency was investigating Foster Farms, which owns

the feed mill.

 

The company could be fined if investigators find violations of workplace

safety rules, Fryer said. Foster Farms is also looking into the

incident, said Tim Walsh, a spokesman for the poultry processing

company.

 

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