Francisco Orduno Mota, 68, was found dead outside the doors of a freight elevator in a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said it remains unclear whether Mota got stuck in a closed elevator door and then was crushed to death.
Mota was found dead in the second floor elevator door at the rear of the six-story building just before noon on Wednesday.
It is not clear when exactly the accident happened.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said Mota was ‘discovered deceased, trapped’ and paramedics were called to extricate him.
He was an employee of the building located in the 800 block of South Broadway.
