LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — An investigation is underway into an accident at a northern Ohio steel plant that has
left one worker dead.
Authorities
say the fatal accident happened Friday in the train yard at Republic
Steel in Lorain. A 62-year-old man who worked on a train crew at the
steel plant was killed.
A union official says the worker who was a
longtime Republic Steel employee was riding on the side of a train car
when it hit a set of parked train cars.
The man’s name was not released. He died at the scene.
Workers were sent home after the accident and production was stopped.
The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration says it already has started its investigation.
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LORAIN, Ohio (AP) — An investigation is underway into an accident at a northern Ohio steel plant that has
left one worker dead.
Authorities
say the fatal accident happened Friday in the train yard at Republic
Steel in Lorain. A 62-year-old man who worked on a train crew at the
steel plant was killed.
A union official says the worker who was a
longtime Republic Steel employee was riding on the side of a train car
when it hit a set of parked train cars.
The man’s name was not released. He died at the scene.
Workers were sent home after the accident and production was stopped.
The U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration says it already has started its investigation.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.