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Description

Margarita Mojica, a pregnant female employee, was crushed and killed while working on a cardboard cutting and folding machine. Employees were not properly trained and there were not Lockout/Tagout procedures in place for turning the machine off before reaching inside of it. The company had been fined twice on previous occassions for neglecting to institute an adequate worker safety program.

Prosecutors:
District Attorney George Gascon
Incident Type: Caught in Machine
County: San Francisco
State: CA
Date: Jan. 29, 2008
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Victims
First Last Age Title Employer Injury Type
Margarita Mojica 26 Unavailable Digital Pre-Press International Fatality
Defendants
Name Type Title Plea Info. Conviction Sentence
Alick Yeung Individual Pressroom Manager Pleaded guilty to 1 misdemeanor labor violation 3 years probation.
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Felony Labor Code Violations (unspecified)
Digital Pre-Press International Entity Entity Pleaded guilty, but details unavailable Likely to face a fine of between $50k and $150k.
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Felony Labor Code Violations (unspecified)
Sanjur Sakhuja Individual Owner Pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and 5 counts of felony labor violations for causing a workers death Could be sentenced up to 3 years in prison, but if he pays the fines for the corporation and personal fines prior to sentencing on Oct. 11, he will only receive 1 year in jail and 5 years probation.
Crimes Charged: Penal Crimes: Involuntary Manslaughter
Other Crimes: Felony Labor Code Violations (unspecified)