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Last updated on Monday, January 14, 2008
(EAST CHICAGO) - A steel worker was killed over the weekend while working at an arcelormittal blast furnace.
23-year-old Jason Belko of Hobart was pinned between a train and another piece of equipment and was crushed to death.
Company officials say a radio-controlled rail car operator was riding the remote control locomotive and had a collision with a dump truck.
The incident remains under investigation.
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