US EditionWorker Dies After Getting Stuck in Industrial Oven at Cereal Factory, Police Say
- Nicolas Lopez Gomez, a 38-year-old man, died on June 26, 2025, after becoming trapped inside a deactivated industrial oven at a cereal manufacturing facility in Perryville, Missouri.
- Authorities responded around 3 p.m. after receiving a report of a man stuck in the oven while using a power washer on the machine's exterior, but it remains unclear how he entered inside.
- Officers, EMS, fire department personnel, and the Perry County Coroner Meghan Ellis arrived promptly, working together to identify Gomez and secure the scene for investigation.
- Coroner Ellis indicated that her office plans to collaborate with OSHA, which oversees workplace safety regulations, as the agency conducts its own investigation into the incident.
- Investigators found no evidence of foul play, and the incident highlights the need for further examination of industrial safety practices at the plant and similar facilities.
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Worker, 38, Found Dead After Getting 'Stuck' in an Industrial Oven at a Missouri Cereal Plant
The man was found inside an oven that was "shut down" at the Gilster Marylee Cereal Plant in the city of PerryvilleGetty Stock image of police lightsNEED TO KNOWA man died after he got stuck in an industrial oven that was "shut down" at the Gilster Marylee Cereal Plant in Missouri on June 26He has since been identified as Nicolas Lopez Gomez, a Guatemalan national working "under the alias" of Edward Avila, according to policeAuthorities said it …
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World NewsCereal plant worker dies after getting stuck in industrial oven, Perryville, Mo., police say
Officers were called to the to the Gilster Mary Lee Cereal Plant, in the 600 block of Old St. Marys Road, at about 3 p.m. Thursday, Perryville police said.
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