A Moravia man was killed Tuesday morning when he got pulled into machinery at a metal recycling plant in the town of Sennett.

Auburn-based New York State Police said John Barreto, 47, got his clothes caught in a conveyor belt at the Auburn Metal Processing plant on North Street Road, Sennett, at approximately 7:10 a.m. Tuesday.

An autopsy is scheduled at the Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office.

The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration in the Syracuse area office were on the scene and were conducting an on-site investigation, according to Ron Williams, assistant area director of the Syracuse office.

Specifically, they will be looking at all of the components of the machinery and conducting interviews with supervisors and employees to see if any violations of OSHA standards helped cause the accident, he said.

The plant, which recycles metals, was cited by OSHA for seven safety violations and six health violations after two inspections in December 2005, according to the OSHA Web site.

One of the violations dealt with the plant's failure to adhere to OSHA's machine-guarding standards, which requires the protection of employees in the machine area from hazards like those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks.

The plant paid $1,170 for the safety violations and $2,430 for the health violations within three months, according to the Web site.

Williams said he didn't know if any of the previous violations contributed to the accident, but he said it is possible.