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A contract worker died at Hoist Dam after being overcome in a penstock; another was hospitalized.
A contract worker died Friday at Upper Peninsula Power Company’s Hoist Dam in Negaunee Township while performing maintenance inside a penstock, a large water conduit.
Two contractors were applying a coating when air monitors detected unsafe conditions.
One escaped through an access hatch and was hospitalized in stable condition.
The other slid about 90 feet down the inclined pipe and could not be rescued, later pronounced dead at the scene.
Emergency responders from multiple agencies assisted in the effort.
The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office is investigating, and UPPCO confirmed it is cooperating fully, with no further details released pending notification of the worker’s family.
Un trabajador contratado murió en Hoist Dam después de ser atropellado en un corral; otro fue hospitalizado.