Worker killed at Muskogee Georgia-Pacific plant

MUSKOGEE — Federal officials are investigating after a worker was killed in an accident at the Georgia-Pacific plant in Muskogee.

 
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Published: November 8, 2012   

MUSKOGEE — Federal officials are investigating after a worker was killed in an accident at the Georgia-Pacific plant in Muskogee.

Officials say emergency responders were called to the mill shortly before 11 a.m. Wednesday. A local newspaper reports that the man was working for Industrial Contractors of Oklahoma, which is an electrical contractor.

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ICO's owner, Mike Huckaby, declined to release the worker's name. He says the company is working with officials to figure out what happened.

No details of the incident have been released.

A spokeswoman for Georgia-Pacific confirmed that a worker died but declined to identify him or say how he was killed.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death.




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