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...A single mother was crushed to death by machinery in a California raisin processing plant when a piece of her clothing became caught in the machinery and caused it her to strike her head.She was believed to have been clearing debris from a machine used to break up bunches of raisins when it hit her.
...The tragic accident happened on Friday morning just after 11 am in a Del Rey Packing Company processing plant in Fresno County, California.
...According to a GoFundMe started to help with her funeral expenses, Valladares was a single mother of three.
...'We learned that a woman, 33-years old was working, processing some raisins with a couple of coworkers,' Fresno County Sheriff's Office Public Information Officer, Tony Botti, told Boston25 News.'Those workers later noticed that she got caught in a machine it appears that she maybe had some loose clothing that got caught on a piece of equipment, and that caused her to get stuck, and ultimately the trauma took her life.
...In a statement they said: 'An employee working for a farm labor contractor named Blessed Harvest was working on a Stem Grading Line when their clothing got caught on a shaft to a cylinder that breaks up raisin bunches, causing the employee to strike their head.'.
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