A younng may was killed resulting from an industrial construction accident.  The young man was using an auger to drill holes in the ground for fence posts at a farm in the 6300 block of Eucalyptus Avenue.  An auger is a type of industrial construction machinery which has a rotating helical portion (similar to a drill bit) which moves the excess soil material along the axis of rotation and out of the hole where it may be easily removed.

As the auger can spin at very high rates of speed, the young man's jacket became caught on the auger, and he was ultimately crushed by the auger.  The young man was on the ground as another industrial construction employee was in the cab of the tractor who was controlling the positioning and operation of the auger construction equipment.

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