in Helena when her hand got caught in a machine’s rollers.
Investigators said the machine at issue in the case was equipped with a “cage,” or barrier guard, that could be pulled down over one of the exposed sides of the rollers. Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards require moving machinery such as this to be guarded while the machine is energized.
Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim, of the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, said Estillado’s death was “entirely preventable.”
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