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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) _ Federal authorities are investigating a worker’s death at a sawmill in St. Joseph.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the worker died Tuesday morning at the sawmill at American Walnut Co.
The St. Joseph News-Press reports St. Joseph police Capt. Jeff Wilson said a man, believed to be 34, died in what is being treated as an industrial accident.
A spokeswoman for OSHA said the accident apparently occurred Monday afternoon.
American Walnut makes and sells a variety of lumber and speciality products, including gunstocks and hardwood slabs used in furniture.
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Information from: St. Joseph News-Press/St. Joe, Missouri, http://www.newspressnow.com
