The Berks County coroner s office Monday said a Shillington man was the worker killed Saturday in an industrial accident over the weekend at East Penn Manufacturing Co. near Lyons.
John M. Evanoff, 30, fell into a refining kettle shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the battery plant along Fleetwood Lyons Road in Richmond Township, Acting Coroner Jonn M. Hollenbach said in a news release.
Emergency crews responded, confirmed a death had occurred and notified the coronerâs office.
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Deputy Coroner Sarah Shiver and Assistant Chief Deputy Coroner Kevin Neiswender responded. Shivers pronounced Evanoff dead at 12:42 a.m. Sunday.