D.R. Diedrich & Co. Ltd. cited for 19 safety violations
Proper safety guards would have stopped a 1,500-pound steel roller before it crushed and killed a 59-year-old maintenance worker, but his employer did not use them, an OSHA inspection has found.
D.R. Diedrich & Co. Ltd., a Milwaukee leather manufacturer, failed to use devices that would have stopped the roller on a tanning machine from moving during service and maintenance. The worker, who had been with the company for 13 years, was inspecting the machine's bearing when the tragedy occurred in Feb. 1, 2015. He suffered fatal head and neck injuries as a result.