MONROE, N.C. — Union County authorities say a man fell suffocated when he fell into a grain bin.
Authorities said the accident happened Saturday at Baucom Services, a repair shop for trucks, trailers and similar equipment. Sheriff's Lt. Robert Rollins says co-workers were unable to rescue the man, who was identified as 36-year-old Alejandro Cortes.
The owner described the incident to Channel 9 as a "freak accident."
The call came in at 11:37 Saturday morning. Cortes was inside one of the silos doing some work when he died. He was a general laborer who had worked at the company for about four years.
Rollins said an investigator from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration will investigate the death.
Authorities identify man who fell into grain bin, suffocated
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