GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - The second of three workers injured in an explosion at an upstate New York asphalt plant has died.
A lawyer for the plant’s parent firm, the Gorman Group of Albany, tells the Times Union of Albany (https://bit.ly/2fjHNL2 ) Friday that 42-year-old Al Crowter died Thursday at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.
He and two co-workers were injured Oct. 17 in an explosion at the Mohawk Asphalt Emulsions plant in the Schenectady County town of Glenville. The plant’s supervisor, 56-year-old Joe Nichols, was also injured and died Oct. 19 after being flown to the burn unit at the Westchester hospital.
The third injured worker is recovering.
Officials say a mix of asphalt and kerosene was being loaded into a tanker truck when vapors ignited.
The cause of the explosion is being investigated by federal safety regulators.
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