Man, 26, Dies After He's Found 'Pinned' Underneath Concrete Mixer at Plant

A 26-year-old man is dormant aft he was discovered underneath a actual mixer astatine an Arizona cement works successful what is believed to beryllium a work-related incident. 

On Monday, Oct. 6, astir 5:30 p.m. section time, deputies responded to reports of an business mishap adjacent nan intersection of Swan Road and East Old Vail Road successful Tucson, nan location of a CalPortland facility, NBC connection KVOA, nan Arizona Daily Star and CBS connection KOLD reported.

When officials arrived, they recovered Omar Quihui nether nan portion of equipment. He was pronounced dormant astatine nan scene, according to nan outlets. 

Detectives later arrived to cod grounds and archive nan area, nan Pima County Sheriff’s Department said successful a news merchandise shared by KVOA newsman Chorus Nylander. 

Authorities said location are “no indications of suspicious aliases criminal activity,” and nan fatal incident remains nether investigation. 

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department, CalPortland and nan Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Health (ADOSH) did not instantly respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment.

Quihui, a technician, was moving underneath nan instrumentality erstwhile he became “pinned,” Sgt. Jesse Comeau of nan Pima County Sheriff's Department told KVOA. Officials person asked ADOSH and nan authorities excavation inspector to look into imaginable workplace information infractions, nan outlet reported. 

“It looked for illustration each nan individual protective instrumentality was being utilized; there’s thing suspicious aliases criminal successful quality astir this incident,” Comeau told KVOA. He added that nan excavation inspector informed him that this is nan first fatality nan authorities has had of this quality successful 4 years. 

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“All of them are plugged in, successful fact, nan institution is nan 1 who called them correct distant aft having 911 and everybody involved," nan sergeant told nan outlet of imaginable negligence. 

An inspector from ADOSH has already been connected site, and nan investigation into Quihui’s decease tin return up to 5 months, according to KVOA.