It's Shake-N-Bake...And I helped!
Posted on 12/05/2010 4:31:02 PM PST by mandaladon
A man has been decapitated in a horrific accident at a chicken processing factory in Melbourne, Australia.
Mr Sarel Singh, 34, was killed instantly when he was sucked into a machine and decapitated in an incident that has now placed the entire poultry processing industry under review.
The factory was already under investigation over claims of unlawful and unethical treatment of its majority migrant workforce, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Lateline programme reported.
Mr Singh's brother, Harry, said that Sarel had migrated from India four years ago 'in the hope of finding a better life in Australia'.
But Sarel had told his brother, who lives in India, that his job at the Melbourne factory was 'hell' and he was planning to return home.
'He used to say that life working at that place was like hell.
'He said it's a very hard job and he was tired of it.
'But due to the burden of the loans and debts over here and in Australia too, he had to work over there and he was struggling hard.'
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I agree. Very sad. My prayers for his family. this is horrific.
Are you talking about the death or this disgusting comment thread?
Tragic. What a terrible way to go for him and his family.
Yup, that’ll do ‘er.
It's Shake-N-Bake...And I helped!
What would your comment have been had it been Brittany Spears that was sucked into the machine?
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> “And everything under maintenance or being sanitized should have been “locked out/tagged out” before he got close to it.”
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lock out/tag out might be a revolutionary concept in Australia...
The chik-fil-a cows were seen fleeing the scene.
What would your comment have been had it been Brittany Spears that was sucked into the machine?
I am never eating chicken again
Some pretty tasteless comments on this thread...Imagine if it were one of your loved ones.
The factory was already under investigation over claims of unlawful and unethical treatment of its majority migrant workforce, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Lateline programme reported.
Why review the entire industry? Why not just go after the owner/managers of this one factory that obviously was not adhering to the labor/safety regulations already in place?
May God comfort his family, in any case.
Sad story, industrial accidents happen everywhere but buying it getting your head ripped off in a chicken plant is not on anybodies list of good ways to go. My his soul find the rest he sought in life.
Now that is nasty, but funny....LOL
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