December 02, 2008

2nd steel worker dies in week

The Patriot News reported that for the second time in less than a week, an industrial accident has claimed the life of a Dauphin County man.

According to county coroner Mr Graham Hetrick, Mr Roger H Prichard 58, of Hummelstown was killed Friday afternoon after he got trapped in between a piece of machinery at the ArcelorMittal Steelton plant, causing massive internal injuries.

Five days earlier, Mr Jaren Hoover 19, the son of Dauphin County Judge Todd A. Hoover, died after his chest and abdomen were crushed at the Dura Bond Pipe factory in Steelton.

Both deaths which Mr Hetrick ruled accidents are being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and United Steelworkers Local 1688.