A worker was running a machine called a slitter as part of a paper cup manufacturing operation. The press-like machine had heavy rollers. It was 2:30 a.m. . . . the worker was putting in overtime after his usual 3 to 11 p.m. shift. It was usual for him to work alone in this area of the plant. No one knows exactly what happened, but somehow his sweatshirt became entangled in the rollers. He was pulled into the machinery where he was tumbled around violently.

The first co-worker to discover him did not know how to stop the machine. He ran […]