Wednesday, 28. August 2002

Man killed when 2000lb tomato paste exploded


A 42-year-old man was killed Sunday afternoon during an industrial accident at Rio Bravo Tomato Co. on Highway 58, west of Interstate 5. The employee, Jesus Gabriel Meza of Wasco, was cleaning up a tomato-paste spill when a crate containing a sealed bag with 3,000 pounds of tomato paste exploded, according to the Kern County Sheriff's Department coroner's division.

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