Wisconsin Worker killed by pallets of paper
PEWAUKEE, Wis. — Investigators are looking into the death of a worker at a paper distributor in Pewaukee.
Police say the man was killed when a shelving unit stacked with pallets of copy paper gave way and fell on him at the xpedx (ehks-ped-ehks) plant Monday.
Waukesha County Sheriff’s Detective Steve Pederson says employees joined deputies and EMS crews in trying to move the paper off the victim.
WTMJ-TV reports no one else at the plant was hurt.
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