Contract Worker Dies in NewPage Mill Accident

RUMFORD, ME—Local police and officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are looking into the circumstances that caused a contract worker to fall to his death Monday at NewPage Corp.'s paper mill here.

The worker, 35-year-old Brant Munster of Newport, ME, died from a fall while working on a crane inside the mill, WCSH-TV reported. Munster, an employee of Somatex Crane, was approximately 28 feet off the ground doing repair work when he struck a roof support and fell, according to police.