FOWLER, Calif. (KFSN) — An investigation is underway for a missing employee at a Fowler raisin exporter following an incident.<\/p>\n
Fowler Police say officers were dispatched to the National Raisin Company facility plant around 2:30 p.m. Thursday for a possible industrial incident.<\/p>\n
Chief Greg Gularte says Juan Patino, an employee at the plant, was last seen around 1 p.m., pumping rainwater off a tarp near a water digester.<\/p>\n
Patino’s co-workers had noticed he had not clocked out of work. Concerns grew when his work vehicle and hard hat were found in the area he was last seen.<\/p>\n
Authorities say a search of the digester will begin on Friday morning. A dive team that specializes in operations in the type of liquid in the digester is traveling from Salt Lake City to carry out the search.<\/p>\n
The same dive team was previously called out to the site in 2020 to recover a tarp from the digester.<\/p>\n
CAL-OSHA and the Fresno County Fire Department are investigating the incident along with Fowler Police.<\/p>\n
Chief Gularte says the CEO of National Raisin Company has made contact with Patino’s family.<\/p>\n
Stay with ABC30 for the latest details on this developing story.<\/p>\n
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