Worker dies of injuries suffered at International Paper mill

Worker dies of injuries suffered at International Paper mill

January 25, 2015
 

TICONDEROGA, N.Y. (AP) - Authorities say a worker at International Paper's Ticonderoga mill has died after suffering severe burns in an accident at the mill's power house.


A company spokeswoman says 57-year-old Jorg Borowski of Schroon Lake died Friday evening at The University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington.


The Plattsburgh Press-Republican reports (http://bit.ly/1D6uvX3 ) that Borowski was on the maintenance crew at the mill. He was hurt Friday morning in an accident at the facility that burns fuel oil and bark to generate electricity for the plant's two paper machines.


International Paper and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health investigators were at the site Saturday to probe the death.