{"id":16025,"date":"2016-04-25T23:20:56","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T03:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/?p=16025"},"modified":"2021-07-07T01:00:35","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T01:00:35","slug":"osha-wisconsin-paper-mill-workers-death-was-preventable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlantictraining.com\/blog\/osha-wisconsin-paper-mill-workers-death-was-preventable\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA: Wisconsin Paper Mill Worker\u2019s Death was \u2018Preventable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
A machine operator was killed while servicing a high-speed conveyor belt at a Clearwater Paper mill in Ladysmith, Wis. His death, OSHA says, was \u201cpreventable.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old-man was killed in October 2015 because his employer did not ensure that the equipment on which he was working was powered down and locked out, OSHA said.<\/p>\n
“Workers at the Clearwater Paper mill were exposed to dangerous machine hazards on a daily basis because their employer failed to properly prevent contact with operating machinery,” said Mark Hysell, OSHA’s area director in Eau Claire.<\/p>\n
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