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Worker killed at SCHOTT Gemtron plant in Tennessee

RP news wires, Noria Corporation

Police in Sweetwater, Tenn., say an employee at a SCHOTT Gemtron manufacturing plant died while working with glass.

 

Officials say 51-year-old James Bales was employed to cut glass and placed excess pieces in a hopper. While doing that, officials say Bales was somehow hit by piece of glass, leading to a fatal injury. Officials are calling his death "purely accidental."

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