On October 2, 2007, a 17-year-old employee of Pallet Express Inc.8 was killed after becoming entangled in a grinder. Pallet Express, of Greensboro, North Carolina, was fined by the state Labor Department for $17,350 for workplace violations after the fatal work accident.

Pallet Express manufactures and sells wooden pallets, and also uses grinders to dispose of obsolete pallets they use for mulch. The company has 15 business days to appeal the fines, or else they must pay them.

Source: “North Carolina Company Fined for Fatal Workplace Accident.” Insurancejornal.com, March 12, 2008. (http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2008/03/12/88147.htm)