Associated Press - July 14, 2009 8:14 AM ET

REMBRANDT, Iowa (AP) - Authorities say a man died after he accidentally fell into a tanker being loaded with a liquid egg product at a company in Rembrandt in northern Iowa.

The Buena Vista County sheriff's office says emergency crews were called to Rembrandt Enterprises on Friday, where they found 24-year-old Israel Gonzalez, of Alta, inside the tanker. He died at the scene.

The sheriff's office says a preliminary investigation shows Gonzalez may have been working on top of the semitrailer when he fell inside the tanker.

An autopsy was pending by the state medical examiner's office.

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