One Dead, Two Injured Cleaning Tanks at Paper Mill

HODGE, LA—One worker died and two others were injured while doing contracted cleaning work in a tank at the RockTenn paper mill here on Tuesday, The News Star reported. Two of the victims are employed by Deep South Industrial Services and a third by Pulp Mill Services.

Fire and ambulance crews responded to the plant at around 10 a.m. for a confined-space rescue operation, The News Star said. One of the injured was transported to Jackson Parish Hospital and treated for minor burns before being released.