Tumwater glass factory fined for fatal accident

Date: 8 December 2008
Source: Seattletimes.nwsource.com

Date: 8 December 2008

The Department of Labor and Industries has fined the Cardinal Coated Glass company in Tumwater $3,500 for safety violations linked to a fatal accident.A worker tripped on the plant floor last August and hit his neck on the edge of a pane of glass.

It severed an artery, and 23-year-old Christopher Benson of Lacey died at the scene.

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