Madisonville, Kentucky, faces serious charges after police say they locked up fellow employees in an industrial steam room and stroking steam to activate a machine that filled the space, 44News reported Friday.

Police said they arrested Barrett Colinta on suspicion of uncertainty and illegal imprisonment following allegations of the incident at the Landoff Lost Food Processing Facility. Corinta and the victim worked together in a rack washroom, which is used to disinfect trays where steam reaches up to 200 degrees, 44 News It has been reportedcites investigators. During a conversation about the door, Corinta is said to have told the victims that they can close inside each other.

When the victims raised concerns, Corinta left the room and activated the steam machine, allegedly trapped as steam and chemicals filled the space.

“If at this point you were kidding, even though it wasn’t a really good joke, then I don’t want to guess exactly why he did it,” said Jason McKnight, a spokesman for the Madisonville Police Department. “But at this point we charged him accordingly.”

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Police reports say the victims couldn’t escape because the door didn’t open from inside and the second exit was blocked by the Pallet. She activates an emergency shutoff, but it caused her to temporarily lose consciousness, not before the injury, the outlet reported. She was treated at a local hospital. (Related: Maintenance worker dies after a heart attack and is trapped in equipment at a Texas food processing facility: Report)

“I don’t know if it was malicious or if it was one of those things you really didn’t think about things,” McKnight added, according to the outlet. “But at the end of the day she was placed there against her will, locked up, and somehow the machine was started.”

Land-O-Frost has terminated Korinta’s employment after the incident, the outlet reported. He was released from prison after posting $1,000 in bonds Friday morning and is scheduled to appear in court on March 14th.