On 12 November 2020 an 18-year-old employee, Alexandra
Trandafil, went to work as usual at the orange packing shed at the
Waikerie facility of the South Australian drink manufacturing
company.
During her shift she had entered an area of a machine that
washes, grades and sorts oranges as they moved along a lengthy
conveyor belt and series of rollers in the factory.
She was tasked with entering a section of the conveyor belt to
clear a blockage and retrieve fruit that had fallen from the belt.
The belt was not turned off while this work was performed. As she
was clearing the blockage, her hair became caught in the unguarded
machinery and her entire scalp was ripped from her head.
