Associated Press
SEATTLE – A 49-year-old Boeing employee died Tuesday after an accident at the company’s Auburn plant, company spokesman Doug Webb said.
The maintenance engineer was working on a piece of equipment when a hydraulic hose broke loose and hit him in the head, Webb said. The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center and died at 11:23 a.m., about an hour after the accident occurred, hospital spokeswoman Marsha Rule said.
The man’s name was not being released.
Webb said an investigation would be undertaken to determine the cause of the accident.
“We are deeply sorry and our thoughts are with his family,” Webb said.
Boeing’s Auburn plant, one of a few massive production facilities throughout the Puget Sound, makes part for Boeing’s commercial airplanes. The plant employs thousands of workers.
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