62-year-old Lubbock man crushed by cotton bales, Slaton police say

SLATON, Texas (KCBD) - Slaton police are investigating an industrial accident at a cotton processing plant that killed a man Thursday morning.

Around 9:15 a.m., emergency crews were called for a fatal incident at RSM Co. near South New Mexico Street and East Division Street.

Slaton police say 62-year-old Santos Galicia-Hernandez from Lubbock was crushed and killed by cotton bales.

Officials say the man was working between two 1,500 pound stacks of cotton when a lift operator compressed the row unaware he was between the stacks. The man died at the scene.

An investigation is underway.

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