The death of a Mexican nighttime sanitation worker employed by QSI at an Oklahoma poultry plant owned by Industrias Bachoco subsidiary, OK Foods, evidences "dangerous" working conditions, according to an investigation. While working above a massive auger — a screw-shaped machine that strips meat from chicken bones — the worker slipped through a grated floor and fell into the blades. According to reporting, "current and former employees describe a punishing pace of work and lax safety standards at the poultry plant, especially for contract sanitation workers... Months before the worker died, a clerk for QSI stepped down from her role on a workplace safety committee. She later alerted a human resources representative for the company that she was concerned about a lack of training and protective equipment at the Heavener plant." According to reporting, "inspectors who visited the plant shortly after the incident alleged that the company willfully ignored federal rules that require dangerous machinery to be disabled while it is being cleaned and did not provide guards to protect workers from moving parts. Inspectors also allege that the company failed to report injuries that required workers to miss work or be reassigned roles". The investigators for the article spoke with Mexican and Central American workers at the plant, who allege unsafe conditions, including due to the "pursuit of speed" leading to safety shortcuts.