Sept 5 – Additional Release on Workplace Death
On September 2, 2024 At approximately 11:40 p.m. Pontiac Fire and EMS responded to
Johnson Press of America, in Pontiac for an employee involved in a workplace accident. The
victim Timothy Legner was pronounced dead at St. James Hospital in Pontiac in the early morning hours of
September 3, 2024.
Legner was working as an assistant press operator on the night shift when the incident happened. Legner
was found trapped between a Hyster and an industrial size roll of printing paper that weighed 3,300 pounds.
The roll clamp that is attached to the front of the Hyster (forklift) trapped Legner up against the roll of paper.
He was found with the roll clamp pressing against his back. He was found by another employee shortly
after it happened. Legner had been operating the Hyster carrying the roll of paper to the roll carriage to be
loaded in the printing press. The incident is being classified as a compression type death.
Details of how the incident occurred are still under investigation by the Pontiac
Police, Livingston County Coroner and (OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Administration from the
Peoria area office.

On September 2, 2024 at approximately 11:40 p.m. Pontiac Fire and EMS were dispatched to Johnson Press of America located at 800 N. Court St. in Pontiac for a employee involved in a workplace accident.

The injured worker was transported to St. James Hopsital in Pontiac and was pronounced deceased in the early morning hours on September 3, 2024. No details of how the accident are being released at this time.

The Deceased was Timothy Legner, age 36 of Pontiac.

The Livingston County Coroner, Pontiac Police and OSHA are investigating the incident.