Kennecott worker dies after weekend exposure to sulfur dioxide
MAGNAA Rio Tinto Kennecott employee exposed to sulfur dioxide over the weekend has died, company officials said.
Albert Lozano, 64, was working at the Garfield smelter west of Magna on Sunday, performing regular duties to remove debris from a boiler, when he was exposed to the toxic gas, said Rio Tinto Kennecott spokesman Kyle Bennett.
Lozano had been with the company for 12 years, Bennett said.
"Right now, we don't know exactly how the exposure took place," he said.
A boiler is used as part of
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