Alabama company charged in 2017 worker death that led to $3 million lawsuit

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Alabaster resident Catalina Estillado, also known as Eva Saenz, died Aug. 16, 2017 at ABC Polymer Industries in Helena when her hand got caught in a machine’s rollers.

in Helena when her hand got caught in a machine’s rollers.

Federal law makes it a class B misdemeanor to willfully fail to follow an OSHA safety standard where the failure causes the death of an employee. It is the only federal criminal charge covering such workplace safety violations. However, prosecutors say, ABC Polymer had a standard practice of operating that machine with the guard in the “up” or unprotected position when the rollers were moving. The automatic mechanism that would have stopped the line and rollers’ spinning when the guard was in the up position was not used.

 

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Worker safety and solidarity! Bless her. We hope the family gets what is owed.

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