Worker Killed In Bucks County Refinery Accident Identified - KMSP-TV

Worker Killed In Bucks County Sugar Refinery Accident Identified

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Emergency responders wait outside of a sugar plant in Bucks County Monday where a man fell into a sugar storage container. Emergency responders wait outside of a sugar plant in Bucks County Monday where a man fell into a sugar storage container.
BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. -

Investigators have released the identity of the victim who fell into a storage container at the CSC Sugar Refinery in Bucks County Monday.

According to the Bucks County Coroner, the worker was identified as Janio Salinas Zalerda of Edgewater, New Jersey. Investigators still have not released exactly how he fell or the details surrounding his death.

Emergency responders say the man fell into the sugar storage container just before 3 p.m.

The plant is located on Roebling Road in Falls Township.

According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration, the Bucks County plant hasn't had any prior accidents.

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