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OSHA says safety failures, lack of training led to worker being killed in machine accident at Gurnee pizza manufacturer

Federal authorities have issued over $2.8 million in fines to a pizza manufacturing plant in Gurnee after finding safety failures and lack of training led to a 29-year-old worker being killed by a machine. The incident happened around 1:04 a.m. on December 22 at Miracapo Pizza Company, 1910 Swanson Court in Gurnee. Inspectors with the […]

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‘Tragic accident’: Coroner identifies worker killed in machine accident at Gurnee manufacturing plant

Authorities have released the identity of a 29-year-old woman who was killed by a large machine while cleaning inside a manufacturing plant in Gurnee Thursday. An autopsy was performed Thursday on Leily Lopez-Hernandez, 29, of Waukegan, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. The autopsy showed Lopez-Hernandez died of sharp force and crushing injuries, Banek […]