Jose Fernando Partida was trapped for five hours while rescuers worked to free him
An Arizona man died after he was involved in an industrial accident at his workplace.
Jose Fernando Partida, 57, was cleaning the inside of a chemical mixer at at Gowan Milling LLC in Yuma when tragedy struck. The machine he was in turned on as a co-worker climbed inside to assist with the cleaning, and although they managed to escape, Partida wasn’t so lucky, according to his son Omar.
Workers managed to shut the machine’s power off instantly, Rural Metro Fire said, but the complex rescue operation took over five hours. Rescuers had to wear hazmat equipment due to the chemical exposure. Partida would suffered several serious injuries and died a week later.