USMWF

Cat became involved with USMWF in 2010 following the death of her nephew, Alex Pacas, 19, at a grain storage bin operated by Haasbach, Inc. in Mt. Carroll, Illinois. Another young worker, Wyatt Whitebread, 14, was also killed in the incident where the boys were engulfed in corn.

Links

• STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD By Catherine A. Rylatt Of United Support and Memorial for Workplace Fatalities For the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending Committee on Oversight and Government Reform U.S. House of Representatives March 16, 2011
• Keeping Kids Out of Silo Deathtraps: Labor Dept. on Verge of Rule Agreement struck over two who suffocated in corn
• Now defunct company paid $200000 in fines over grain bin deaths‎ Quad City Times

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