Juan Baten, a 22-year-old Brooklyn worker, was killed early this morning after tumbling into a mixer at a tortilla factory, police said.
The freak accident happened at Tortilleria Chinantla in Williamsburg at 2:30 a.m. when Baten tried to retrieve an item after dropping it inside the waist-high machine, investigators said.
Investigators believe the turbine mixer instantly sucked Baten in and broke his neck.
Baten was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said there is no criminality.
No prior violations have been found as of yet at the site, but the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, according to an OSHA spokesperson.
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