Worker Dies in Alcoa Plant Accident in Texas

A contract worker has died in an industrial accident at a manufacturing plant in South Texas.

The Victoria Advocate reports the accident happened Tuesday afternoon at the Alcoa World Alumina manufacturing plant in Point Comfort.

A statement from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration says the contract supervisor was hit by a door that was being installed on a tank by a crane.

The name of the 42-year-old man who died wasn't immediately released. Federal investigators have been dispatched to the plant.

An Alcoa spokeswoman, Laurel Cahill, on Wednesday declined to say how the accident happened or provide further explanation of the work being done at the time.
 

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