Man dies in fall inside power plant smokestack

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Man dies in fall inside power plant smokestack

By Tribune-Review

1 Min Read • Aug. 27, 2002 | 24 years Ago

| Tuesday, August 27, 2002 12:00 a.m.

An unidentified man fell about 100 feet to his death inside a smokestack at a power plant along the Allegheny River in Springdale. According to reports from the scene, the man was working inside the stack at the Allegheny Energy plant on Butler Street Extension at about 1:15 p.m. when he fell for an unknown reason.

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