Victim A 40-year-old experienced warehouse supervisor died when he was struck by a pallet stacking machine and crushed against a storage rack support. Location The incident occurred at a finished goods warehouse for a cigarette manufacturing plant. The warehouse was used to store cases of cigarette products awaiting shipment and was arranged with nine aisles having storage bins on either side. Each aisle contained a computerized pallet stacking machine which could be operated automatically or manually. The machines traveled up and down the aisles retrieving cases of cigarettes and delivering them to a conveyor belt, where they were forwarded to the loading dock for […]
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