2nd Plant Worker Dies of Legionnaires’
An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a Ford Motor Co. castings plant claimed its second life late Friday when David Hinderman, 53, died at the Cleveland Clinic.
Officials said Hinderman, who worked at the plant, had inhaled Legionnaires’ bacteria spread by mist from contaminated water, suspected of emanating from a cooling tower being repaired at the suburban Brook Park facility.
With four confirmed cases of Legionnaires’ among the plant’s 2,500 employees, Ford closed the factory Wednesday pending a thorough inspection and disinfection operation.
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