Last worker missing in power plant collapse could take weeks longer to find
A national engineering firm and OSHA engineers will arrive to the site Tuesday
Worker missing in power-plant collapse could take weeks longer to find By Brian Planalp | December 14, 2020 at 6:23 PM EST - Updated December 15 at 5:43 PM
ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - The missing worker at a collapsed Adams County power plant could take up to two more weeks to find, according to the demolition company working at the site.
The collapse occurred Wednesday, Dec. 9 before the controlled demolition of one of the buildings at Killen Generating Station, which closed in 2018.
The Killen Generating Station, a closed power plant in Adams County, Ohio, collapsed Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Several workers were unaccounted for and one was taken to a hospital after a power plant that was being demolished in Ohio collapsed Wednesday. It was not clear what caused the collapse at the Killen Generating Station, Adams County Sheriff Kimmy Rogers said. (Sam Greene/The Cincinnati Enquirer via AP)
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Reports out of Adams Co, Ohio said two Eastern Kentucky men did not survive a building collapse. According to the demolition company, The Adamo Group, the former Killen Generating Station, located near Manchester, Ohio, collapsed last Wednesday. Three other men were rescued that day and were taken to the hospital. On Saturday, the body of Doug Gray, who was from Greenup Co, was found in debris from the collapse. Jamie Fitzgerald, who was from Boyd Co, is deceased, but efforts remain underway to remove his body from the rubble. Thornton Tomasetti, an engineering firm which supervised debris removal at the former World Trade Center in 2001, will be onsite in Adams County to help assess the situation. Representatives from the Occupational Safety and Health Association (OSHA) will also be there.
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