Workers killed in two US incidents, with several others hospitalised
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Rebecca Trager2024-06-06T14:29:00
H2S exposure at a sugar refining plant and a fire at a metal hardening plant each led to one worker death
One employee at a sugar refining plant in Fort Morgan, US, died from apparent exposure to naturally produced hydrogen sulfide on 29 May. Several others were hospitalised. Meanwhile, a worker died in hospital from burns sustained in the fire following an explosion at a metal treatment plant in Chattanooga, US, on 30 May. Several employees and one firefighter sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene.