Contractor dies at AK Middletown Works Plant

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   From Coshocton Tribune

MIDDLETOWN (AP) - An employee of a contractor has died after being
injured at AK Steel's Middletown Works plant in southwest Ohio.

Machinists and Aerospace Workers union local president Scott Rich
says the worker leaned against a controller while working on a lift and
was crushed between the lift and a pipe.
The worker's identity wasn't released immediately.
Alan
McCoy, spokesman for AK Steel Holding Corp., says the contractor worker
was injured Monday and died during a surgical procedure either late
Tuesday night or early Wednesday.
A message was left seeking comment from the victim's employer, United Group Services Inc. of Cincinnati.
The Cincinnati office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.

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	From Coshocton Tribune MIDDLETOWN (AP) - An employee of a contractor has died after being injured at AK Steel's Middletown Works plant in southwest Ohio. Machinists and Aerospace Workers union local president Scott Rich says the worker leaned against a controller while working on a lift and was crushed between the lift and a pipe. The worker's identity wasn't released immediately. Alan McCoy, spokesman for AK Steel Holding Corp., says the contractor worker was injured Monday and died during a surgical procedure either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday. A message was left seeking comment from the victim's employer, United Group Services Inc. of Cincinnati. The Cincinnati office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating.
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