Worker dies in a plant "accident"......

The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog posts incidents based on news media articles. We do not post based on rumors, even if we know those rumors are true. We acknowledge that the information provided from the news articles sometimes is insufficient to make any decisions on root cause(s). Here is a recent story that lacks any information, other than the fact a fatality occurred.

An aluminium company employee was killed one evening during the week of February, 22 2015 at an aluminium plant in the United States, according to media reports.

Company officials said they were cooperating with authorities on the ongoing investigation. A cause has not been determined, though the company, one of the world’s top aluminum producers, characterized it as an "accident" at its.

Further details, including the victim's name, have not been released.

“Everyone at [aluminium company] is deeply saddened by this tragedy, and our thoughts are with the family,” said aluminium company spokeswoman.

Here is a later news media article.

A state government safety agency investigator will review the worker fatality at the aluminium plant that occurred during the week of February, 22 2015 to see if any safety standards were violated, a state spokesman said Tuesday.

The unidentified worker was killed during the evening in an accident at aluminium plant.

No further details have been released about the worker's name, gender, job duties or hometown.

Local police have not responded to requests for information by local television news station. An aluminium company spokeswoman told local television news station there was "no further information to report" the following day.

A spokesman for the state's government said a state government safety agency investigator was heading to the aluminium plant. Weather may impact how soon the investigator begins work. The purpose will be to document the fatality, take witness statements and look at the aluminium plant’s safety record as far as training compliance.

"We'll try to piece together what happened, looking for safety standards violations," The spokesman for the state's government said. "We're not looking to assign blame. We're looking to see if safety standards have been violated."

The review might take six to eight weeks. The review must be done in six months' time. State government safety agency issues fines when an employer is found to have violated safety standards.

Local union representatives were not available for comment.

The Aluminium Plant Safety Blog wished we had words to comfort those who are in pain because of the passing of this worker. But, we don’t. We can only offer our prayers and our sincere condolences to the deceased worker’s family, friends, and coworkers.

We will update this post as more information becomes available.

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