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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

California

Date

January 29, 2008

Available case materials include

  • Media Clips & Gov't. Press

OSHA Inspection

Contact for Additional Information

Unavailable

Victims

First Last Age Title Employer Injury Type
Margarita Mojica 26 Unavailable Digital Pre-Press International Fatality

Defendants

Name Type Title Plea Information Conviction Sentence
Alick Yeung Individual Pressroom Manager Pleaded guilty to 1 misdemeanor labor violation 3 years probation.
Penal Crimes Charged

Involuntary Manslaughter

Other Crimes Charged

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.
Penal Crimes Charged

Involuntary Manslaughter

Other Crimes Charged

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.
Penal Crimes Charged

Involuntary Manslaughter

Other Crimes Charged

Felony Labor Code Violations (unspecified)