Woman dies after getting head caught in a dumbwaiter

Woman dies after getting head caught in a dumbwaiter

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FOUNTAIN CITY, Wis. (AP) - An autopsy finds that a waitress died of severe head injuries after getting her head caught in a dumbwaiter at a Wisconsin restaurant last week, police said Tuesday.
Fountain City Police Chief Jason Mork released the autopsy results for 21-year-old Brooke Baures of Chetek, a senior and standout gymnast at Winona State University in Minnesota. Baures was working at a banquet on the second floor of WingDam Saloon and Grill when the accident happened Dec. 1.
Based on witness' statements, police believe Baures was the only person who could have pressed the dumbwaiter's control button on the second floor and concluded no crime was committed in her death.
The autopsy found "extensive destruction" of the brainstem and left side of the cerebellum and concluded she died of severe head trauma. Police believe her head was almost entirely inside the cab of the elevator when it descended.
Based on autopsy results, police said they believe Baures' head "was located almost entirely inside the cab of the elevator canted slightly to her right as the cab descended. When the roof of the cab passed the sill of the second floor access, Brooke sustained fatal crushing injuries to her brainstem and cerebellum," the report said. Anyone operating the dumbwaiter had only about five seconds before the interior of the cab disappeared below the sill, police said.
The dumbwaiter has since been permanently removed.
Federal and state regulators have launched separate investigations.

Well Gee ain't that some cheery news, Antonio Her coworkers and family are probably scarred for life.

Well Gee ain't that some cheery news, Antonio Her coworkers and family are probably scarred for life.

I didn't write it... I just posted it 

Well Gee ain't that some cheery news, Antonio Her coworkers and family are probably scarred for life.

I didn't write it... I just posted it 

That I gathered

Sad.  Don't need sad news on NCKA.    Get enough elsewhere.

I posted this because it was different and it might be interesting to some. There's a lot of stuff posted on here that I rather not read. Therefor I don't read it. 

I learned what a dumb waiter was. Never heard of one.

I learned what a dumb waiter was. Never heard of one.

Seriously sad story. The fact that it involved a waitress killed by a "dumbwaiter" just added a dose of tragic irony....

Somebodies parents are gonna own a restaurant. Some company that manufactures and installs Dumb waiters is going to be paying a lot of Dough... No safety/pressure stop etc... Inexcusable!!!! Gross negligence... Possibly criminal... RIP 

I responded to a similar incident in a vertical mine shaft cage lift.  Individual leaned his head outside the cage catching a protruding object in the shaft wall.  What made it really sad was his mother also worked at the mine and was present.  I also knew him and his girlfriend rather well.  At least it was quick and he did not suffer.