According to Emergencies 112 Andalucia (a service associated to the Ministry of the Presidency and Board within), a 53-year old man died today in an occupational accident at El Ejido’s environmental plant.

At 00:45, an alert called the 112 emergency telephone number to request an ambulance be sent to the environmental plant in support of a worker who was injured by a machine. It took place in the Paraje Chozas de Redondo, El Ejido.

The coordinating room immediately mobilized the Civil Guard and the National Police Corps, the Center for Health Emergencies 061 (CES 061), and the Firefighters of the Poniente Consortium.

Sources at the armed institute confirmed that a 53-year old man died on the spot of the incident after he was injured by a machine.