Three employees at a paper mill in Tomahawk, Wisconsin were killed Tuesday night when a storage tank exploded. A fourth person was injured. The tank was used to store recycled fiber and exploded when the men were doing maintenance on top of it. The injured party was standing on a platform below the tank. According to the mill’s spokesperson, Ron Zimmerman, there were ten people working in the area of the explosion and that there was no fire. Some of the workers were trapped and emergency crews used a crane to rescue them.
The accident is still under investigation and work continued at the main part of the mill.
The paper mill is run by Packaging Corp. of America, which makes corrugated packaging products and containerboard. The company operates four paper mills and 67 product plants in 26 states.
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