Worker dies after getting caught in waste grinder at meat plant

CANTON (AP) - Authorities say a worker caught in a machine at a meat processing plant in Ohio has died.

The Stark County Coroner’s Office has identified the worker killed Saturday afternoon at the Fresh Mark plant in Canton as 62-year-old Samuel Martinez. Authorities say the Guatemalan national died at the scene.

A coroner’s investigator says the Canton resident stepped into a chute and got caught in a waste grinder.

Fresh Mark said in a statement Saturday that company officials are working with authorities to determine what happened.

A worker at the plant was electrocuted in 2011 when he tried to plug in a fan while standing in water.

Fresh Mark sells ham, bacon, hot dogs and lunch meat under the Superior’s and Sugardale brands.