A teenager feared she was about to die when her long hair became caught in a fruit sorting machine and ripped away the top part of her head.
Alexandra Trandafil, then aged 18, had been working in the orange packing shed at Nippy's Waikerie packing and processing plant in South Australia in November 2020. During the shift she entered an area which sorted and washed the fruit along a large conveyor belt.
When she was asked to clean a blockage and retrieve oranges which had fallen from the belt her hair became caught, ripping away the entirety of the top of her head.
