A beloved father working at a sausage factory in Brazil was killed after being sucked into an ice-crushing machine in a horrific freak accident, according to reports.
Diego Fernando Gonzaga, 39, was working Monday morning at the HG Foods meat production center in Santa Luzia when he fell into the machine and got stuck, according to local media g1.globo.com
Rescuers frantically tried to pull him out, but his legs got stuck – and he went into cardiac arrest inside, according to the UK Sun.
“My heart is broken,” said his devastated mother, Maria de Fatima, according to the newspaper.
“You find out your child is leaving home alive and healthy to go to work, and then you find out they’re gone. It’s very sad.”
Gonzaga — a longtime food industry worker and father of a 19-year-old daughter — was still conscious and reportedly talking to co-workers as he waited for firefighters to come to his aid, the newspaper reported.
Rescuers reportedly tried to free him using hydraulic equipment and cutting tools to dismantle parts of the machine, in vain.
Gonzaga was covering a 5:30 a.m. shift for a colleague when he was killed, according to local media outlet bhaz.com.br.
De Fatima said she had already mourned the heartbreaking deaths of other loved ones in recent months, including her mother, an aunt, an uncle and a cousin.
“Children should bury their parents, not parents who bury their children,” de Fatima said.
“We will miss him dearly. We will never really get over it. It’s a huge loss.”
Gonzaga’s cousin, Mariana Alberto, said he was known for his upbeat personality.
“He was very cheerful and was always singing and dancing. He wanted to live, live fully and be happy,” Alberto told g1.globo.com.
The logistics of the accident were not immediately clear Wednesday.
Representatives of the meat plant did not respond to a request for comment from bhaz.com.br.
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