Margarita Mojica

IF THIS magazine chose to hand out an award for the biggest newsmaker of the year, the 2008 honor would go to Quebecor World (QW), hands down. One might contend that the attention, while merited, is not the type of exposure a company would want: Financing issues, trying to sell an unprofitable venture and muddling through with bankruptcy in two countries. But Quebecor World is a printer for our economic times, the No. 2 in North America at a time when market leaders (Circuit City, AIG, Lehman Bros.) have come crashing down.

SAN FRANCISCO—The father and daughter of a pregnant woman who was killed by a diecutter earlier this year are suing her employer, claiming it failed to equip the machine with safety devices that would have prevented her death, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

SAN FRANCISCO—A diecutting machine is believed to have caused the death of a pregnant 26-year-old employee at Digital Pre-Press International on January 29. Margarita Mojica, of Oakland, CA, was pronounced dead on the scene after firefighters extricated her from the machine, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The diecutter was manufactured by Yawa of China, the paper reported. Officials are still investigating how Mojica got caught in the diecutter. According to Burt Boltuch, Digital Pre-Press attorney, the machine had been turned off before the accident. Mojica was prepping her next job and was not near the control buttons when the diecutter trapped her, the

SAN FRANCISCO—A diecutting machine is believed to have claimed the life of a pregnant 26-year-old employee at Digital Pre-Press International on Tuesday. Margarita Mojica of Oakland was pronounced dead on the scene after firefighters had extricated her from the machine, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Officials were still investigating how Mojica got caught in the diecutter. According to Burt Boltuch, Digital Pre-Press attorney, the machine had been turned off before the accident. Mojica was prepping her next job and was not near the control buttons when the diecutter trapped her, the paper reported Boltuch as saying. Earlier in the day, Mojica told coworkers

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