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Worker decapitated in chicken factory after being sucked into machine
Mail Online ^ | 5 Dec 2010 | Richard Shears

Posted on 12/05/2010 4:31:02 PM PST by mandaladon

A man has been decapitated in a horrific accident at a chicken processing factory in Melbourne, Australia.

Mr Sarel Singh, 34, was killed instantly when he was sucked into a machine and decapitated in an incident that has now placed the entire poultry processing industry under review.

The factory was already under investigation over claims of unlawful and unethical treatment of its majority migrant workforce, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Lateline programme reported.

Mr Singh's brother, Harry, said that Sarel had migrated from India four years ago 'in the hope of finding a better life in Australia'.

But Sarel had told his brother, who lives in India, that his job at the Melbourne factory was 'hell' and he was planning to return home.

'He used to say that life working at that place was like hell.

'He said it's a very hard job and he was tired of it.

'But due to the burden of the loans and debts over here and in Australia too, he had to work over there and he was struggling hard.'

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KEYWORDS: australia; cheaplabor; immigrants; immigration; mishap; napl; workplaceaccident
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To: mandaladon

“Just moments before he was running around like a chicken with.....”


41 posted on 12/05/2010 5:41:30 PM PST by elephantlips
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To: Jaxter
There’s an Indian head penny joke here someplace.

That's funny, I was looking for a chicken-choking joke.

42 posted on 12/05/2010 5:48:06 PM PST by NY.SS-Bar9 (Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!)
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To: driftdiver

“everyone can eat little green crackers.”

lol. good one.


43 posted on 12/05/2010 5:51:42 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam needs to be banned in the US and treated as a criminal enterprise.)
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Humans: 40,000,000
Chickens: 1


44 posted on 12/05/2010 5:52:56 PM PST by Rio
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To: driftdiver

Years ago the media was all over the working conditions in poultry processing plants in the US, specifically the South. Lots of missing fingers & hands, poor working conditions etc. Don’t remember hearing about missing heads.

I understand the fingers. Not sure how he managed to lose his head.


45 posted on 12/05/2010 5:53:35 PM PST by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: mandaladon

The taliban would pay an arm and a leg for this machine.


46 posted on 12/05/2010 5:55:00 PM PST by SgtHooper
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To: driftdiver

well obviously the chicken industry should be shut down and everyone can eat little green crackers

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Karma’s a bitch


47 posted on 12/05/2010 5:58:21 PM PST by DefeatCorruption
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To: dog breath

‘not on anybodies list of good ways to go.’

You have a list of good ways to go?


48 posted on 12/05/2010 5:59:40 PM PST by Lucius Cornelius Sulla ('“Our own government has become our enemy' - Sheriff Paul Babeu)
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To: editor-surveyor
If it had been Hillary it would have yielded two small breasts, two fat thighs, and two left wings.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

49 posted on 12/05/2010 6:01:08 PM PST by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
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To: mandaladon

“Mr Singh’s brother, Harry, said that Sarel had migrated from India four years ago ‘in the hope of finding a better life in Australia’. “

At least they didn’t write he had migrated to Australia to get ahead in life. I’d expect it from today’s media.


50 posted on 12/05/2010 6:01:34 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: mandaladon

Mr Sarel Singh - Tastes just like chicken!


51 posted on 12/05/2010 6:15:38 PM PST by whatexit
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To: The Comedian
oh thats so bad

I suppose they are going to need more volunteers to clean up after this guy's clean-up job.

52 posted on 12/05/2010 6:21:25 PM PST by corkoman
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To: driftdiver
well obviously the chicken industry should be shut down and everyone can eat little green crackers.

I wouldn't miss it a whit. I hates chicken with a passion.

53 posted on 12/05/2010 6:47:31 PM PST by Graybeard58
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To: BfloGuy

You are right. This thread is disheartening. I wonder how many of these people claim to be Christians.

God Bless this man and his family.


54 posted on 12/05/2010 6:53:13 PM PST by cydcharisse (`)
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To: cydcharisse

Making light of an industrial accident is not good Freeper decorum. Karma can be a B.


55 posted on 12/05/2010 6:59:42 PM PST by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: sthguard

Heads will roll.


56 posted on 12/05/2010 7:09:38 PM PST by getarope (One Big Ass Mistake, America!)
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To: driftdiver

MMmmmm, little green crackers topped with crunchy fried toenail.


57 posted on 12/05/2010 7:23:20 PM PST by MaxMax (Conservatism isn't a party)
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To: catfish1957
Making light of an industrial accident is not good Freeper decorum. Karma can be a B.

I agree. This thread will probably be pulled.

58 posted on 12/05/2010 7:23:51 PM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: driftdiver

Oh Johnny rohbeck oh Johnny robeck how could you be so mean


59 posted on 12/05/2010 7:31:10 PM PST by clamper1797 (Pray for Obama ... Psalms 109:8)
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To: Lucius Cornelius Sulla; dog breath
You have a list of good ways to go?

Lying in a hammock, in the shade, on a beautiful sunny summer day. Reading a good book, while nibbling from a box of chocolates; the sweet perfume of flowers wafting on the breeze.

A beautiful, attentive and talented lady massaging my, uhh...yes—FEET; that's it, massaging my feet.

A slow alcohol drip in one age withered arm, a soothing morphine drip in the other, gently laughing at the muffled sounds of 27 outraged husbands futilely trying to enter the compound....

60 posted on 12/05/2010 7:58:37 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Made in America, by proud American citizens, in 1946.)
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