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Authorities identify victim in fatal accident at meatpacking plant

Posted at 12:16 PM, Oct 17, 2013
and last updated 2013-10-17 17:04:36-04

DRAPER, Utah –A man died in an industrial accident at a meatpacking plant Thursday morning.

Camacho Guillermo Borcequin, 52, was working at Smith and Sons Meat Packing Company, 12450 S. Pony Express Road, operating a skid-steer loader when the accident occurred just before 11 a.m.

According to a press release from Draper City Police Department officials, the bucket of the skid steer became jammed in the top of a trailer. Borcequin tried to dislodge the bucket, and while doing so he was crushed between the skid steer and the trailer. He died at the scene.