Officials: Woman dies after falling into meat grinder in 'horrible accident'

Officials: Woman dies after falling into meat grinder in 'horrible accident'

A Pennsylvania woman is dead after falling into a meat grinder at a processing plant.WNEP reports it happened Monday at Economy Locker Storage Company in Muncy Township.Officials said that Jill Greninger, 35, fell into the machinery just before noon. Authorities told ABC News Greninger was found by a coworker after workers began hearing strange noises coming from the commercial machine. Firefighters spent about 45 minutes disassembling the large machine in an effort to recover the woman’s remains.Lycoming County coroner Charles Kiessling Jr. said the woman may have been standing on a set of wheeled stairs before the incident. He told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette it was a "horrible accident." "This is just a tragedy," Kiessling said. "She died inside the moving parts of the machine."Witnesses are not sure exactly how Greninger ended up in the machine."I don't know if she got caught with the moving parts and they pulled her in, or if she just slipped and fell," Kiessling said, "I don't know and there's no way of determining that."Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators are still looking into what caused Greninger's death."My heart goes out to everyone who is affected by this. Everyone is shaken and thinks that this is a tragedy that something like this had to happen to such a young lady," one neighbor said.

A Pennsylvania woman is dead after falling into a meat grinder at a processing plant.

WNEP reports it happened Monday at Economy Locker Storage Company in Muncy Township.

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Officials said that Jill Greninger, 35, fell into the machinery just before noon.

Authorities told ABC News Greninger was found by a coworker after workers began hearing strange noises coming from the commercial machine.

Firefighters spent about 45 minutes disassembling the large machine in an effort to recover the woman’s remains.

Lycoming County coroner Charles Kiessling Jr. said the woman may have been standing on a set of wheeled stairs before the incident. He told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette it was a "horrible accident."

"This is just a tragedy," Kiessling said. "She died inside the moving parts of the machine."

Witnesses are not sure exactly how Greninger ended up in the machine.

"I don't know if she got caught with the moving parts and they pulled her in, or if she just slipped and fell," Kiessling said, "I don't know and there's no way of determining that."

Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigators are still looking into what caused Greninger's death.

"My heart goes out to everyone who is affected by this. Everyone is shaken and thinks that this is a tragedy that something like this had to happen to such a young lady," one neighbor said.