NC worker dies after falling into poultry processing equipment

TEACHEY, NC (WCTI) — The Duplin County Sheriff confirms that a worker died at a poultry processing facility on Friday night.

Sheriff Blake Wallace says a man fell into a piece of equipment at House of Raeford Poultry Farms in Teachey.

Wallace says the man was cleaning a piece of equipment and then fell into the machine. He was pronounced dead at the scene.