Death and Injury in the Workplace

Eleazar Torres Gomez, 46, worked at the Cintas industrial laundry in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He died inside a massive dryer at the facility after he fell from a conveyor belt while trying to unstick a jammed load of laundry. Cintas, the nation's biggest industrial launderer, issued a statement after the accident saying the company was saddened by the loss of a "dedicated employee-partner," but also pointed out that Torres Gomez had violated safety procedures. Other Cintas employees, however, have told ABC News that what Torres Gomez was doing when he died was a common practice at the plant. Video shows other employees at the plant walking on the conveyor belt while trying to clear jammed laundry. (Torres-Gomez Family)