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Coroner: Asphyxia killed S. Indiana power plant worker

Posted May 18, 2018 7:00 am

The Associated Press

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) - A southern Indiana coroner says a man who died in an industrial accident at a Duke Energy power plant succumbed to asphyxiation.

Floyd County's deputy coroner released the autopsy finding Thursday and also confirmed that 65-year-old Clarence R. Sieveking Jr.'s death was caused by an industrial accident.

Authorities haven't released details of that incident, but the News and Tribune reports that an Indiana Department of Labor spokeswoman says a final report on Sieveking's death could take weeks to complete.

The father of two was pronounced dead Monday at a hospital following the accident at Duke Energy's Gallagher Station power plant in New Albany.

Duke Energy spokeswoman Angeline Protogere says the company would do a "thorough investigation" into Sieveking's death.

Sieveking had worked at the coal-fired power plant for 36 years.

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Information from: News and Tribune, Jeffersonville, Ind., http://www.newsandtribune.com

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