Weyerhaeuser was fined nearly $50,000 by the N.C. Department of Labor for a March workplace death at the since closed New Bern sawmill.
The Labor Department cited Weyerhaeuser with three “serious violations” that contributed to the death of 37-year-old Robert Wood.
Wood was servicing the hydraulic system of a forklift under the raised carriage when a sudden loss of hydraulic pressure caused the forks to fall on him…