Worker's Death At Denver Scrap Yard An Accident
DENVER (AP) - Authorities say a worker's death at a Denver scrap yard was an accident.
The Denver medical examiner's office on Saturday identified the man as 52-year-old Abel Maldonado Marmoi. The office says the Atlas Metal & Iron Corp. employee died Friday from blunt force trauma to the lower extremities, which he suffered while trying to free material from a jammed baler.
Authorities say he was killed when the machine jolted into him. The business was closed on Friday but had reopened Saturday morning.
Atlas' website says the locally owned and operated business has been around since 1956.
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