Gursimran Kaur, 19, was found dead on October 19, 2024, in a large commercial oven used for baking frozen bread at the Halifax, Nova Scotia, store, according to VT. She had been working alongside her mother, Mandip Kaur, when the tragedy occurred.Mandip began to worry after she hadn\u2019t heard from her daughter for over an hour during their shift. At first, co-workers assumed she might be helping a customer, but concern grew when another employee noticed liquid leaking near the bakery oven, an indication that something had gone terribly wrong.Mandip opened the oven and made the devastating discovery. \u201cI opened the door and she was there,\u201d she told Daily Mail. \u201cI couldn\u2019t handle myself. I was there on the floor with her for five or 10 minutes. I didn\u2019t know what had happened.\u201d She described a black-brown liquid oozing from the oven, which can reach temperatures of up to 400 degrees.
\u201cShe was so happy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gursimran\u2019s body, found near the baking racks. Halifax Regional Police conducted interviews and reviewed surveillance footage from the scene. Authorities later announced the death had \u201cbeen determined not to be suspicious,\u201d according to NBC News.Nova Scotia\u2019s Department of Labor, Skills, and Immigration conducted a separate investigation and also found no workplace safety violations. Officials said the oven was functioning correctly, according to VT.Greg Hanna, the department\u2019s Director of Communications, confirmed the oven \u201ccould be opened from the inside\u201d and found no evidence that \u201cviolations of occupational health and safety laws [that] contributed to the death.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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