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US tannery under spotlight after death of worker

03/08/2015

The US Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recommended that a tannery be fined following the death of a worker in February. Juan Gonzalez had been inspecting the bearing on a fleshing machine at D.R. Diedrich & Co in Milwaukee when a 1,500-pound steel roller disengaged. He had worked at the tannery for 13...

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