3M could have prevented an employee death at a southwestern Wisconsin manufacturing plant by following federal workplace safety regulations, reveals OSHA in their investigation. The worker was caught in a machine's rotating rollers in May 2023 and suffered fatal injuries.
The agency began an investigation after the 3M Company reported the death at its Prairie du Chien, WI facility in May 2023. The 57-year-old employee had worked at the plant for 23 years, according to media reports. OSHA inspectors learned that the employee was helping to set up a plastic extrusion line when she became caught in the machine’s rotating rollers. The agency determined that 3M violated federal regulations for the “control of hazardous energy during setup, servicing, and operation of the machine.”