Tissue World Magazine
Alexandra Stuthridge, Technical Business Manager, BioProducts Institute (BPI)

(News from RISI) – A 41-year-old truck driver was killed in an accident at Metsä Tissue’s Stotzheim facility in Euskirchen in Germany on 29 April.

According to the local police department, the accident occurred around 10am. when paper rolls were being unloaded from a truck with a forklift.

A 1.2 tonne paper roll fell from the forklift onto the truck driver.

Metsä Tissue declined to comment on the matter as the police investigation is still ongoing.