A supermarket worker “burned to death” in a commercial oven while on shift at a store in Canada has been identified, as police investigate how the horrific workplace death could happen.
Gursimran Kaur, 19, worked at a Walmart in Halifax, Nova Scotia alongside her mother, who found Gursimram’s charred remains last Saturday night, local time.
Ms Kaur had only been in the country for a few years having moved from India, according to a GoFundMe page which has raised almost CA$158,500 (AU$172,300).
“Gursimran and her mother both worked at Walmart for last two years,” the page started by a local Sikh community organisation says.
“In that evening, like any watchful mother who breathes for her child’s happiness, Gursimran’s mother tried to locate her after not seeing for one hour.”
After being unable to reach Ms Kaur on her phone, which was “unusual” during the day, the mother “started panicking”.
“As you all know now, her charred remains were found inside the walk in oven in the Bakery after a few hours,” the page says.
“Imagine the horror that her mother experienced who herself opened the oven, when someone pointed out to it.”
It remains unclear how the young woman ended up trapped in the oven, which was large enough for a person to walk into.
CBC reports sources have said the oven does not lock.
“This investigation is a very complex investigation,” Constable Martin Cromwell said in a press conference this week.
“We’re working with occupational health and safety, (and) Nova Scotia medical examiners to determine the cause and manner of death.”
Gursimran Kaur, 19, worked at a Walmart in Halifax, Nova Scotia alongside her mother, who found Gursimram’s charred remains last Saturday night, local time.
Ms Kaur had only been in the country for a few years having moved from India, according to a GoFundMe page which has raised almost CA$158,500 (AU$172,300).
“Gursimran and her mother both worked at Walmart for last two years,” the page started by a local Sikh community organisation says.
“In that evening, like any watchful mother who breathes for her child’s happiness, Gursimran’s mother tried to locate her after not seeing for one hour.”
After being unable to reach Ms Kaur on her phone, which was “unusual” during the day, the mother “started panicking”.
“As you all know now, her charred remains were found inside the walk in oven in the Bakery after a few hours,” the page says.
“Imagine the horror that her mother experienced who herself opened the oven, when someone pointed out to it.”
It remains unclear how the young woman ended up trapped in the oven, which was large enough for a person to walk into.
CBC reports sources have said the oven does not lock.
“This investigation is a very complex investigation,” Constable Martin Cromwell said in a press conference this week.
“We’re working with occupational health and safety, (and) Nova Scotia medical examiners to determine the cause and manner of death.”
