A Pennsylvania factory worker died when she reached into a meat grinder — and either fell or was sucked into the machine, officials said.

The 35-year-old woman was operating the machine on a rolling ladder 6 feet off the ground at the Economy Locker Storage Co. in Muncy Township Monday when the tragedy struck, the Lycoming County Coroner said.

No one witnessed the incident, so officials don’t know if she lost her balance or got pulled in, Coroner Charles E. Kiessling Jr. told the Williamsport Sun-Gazette.

“This was a horrible accident,” Kiessling said.

Another employee found the woman in the grinder and called for help. She was dead when Muncy Township authorities arrived.

It took firefighters 45 minutes to dissemble the machine and extract the woman’s body.

Her name has not yet been released.

The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating her death.