Police and the Health & Safety Executive are investigating after a male contract worker was killed on Wednesday (25 September), in what has been described as an ‘isolated incident’.
It happened at about 14:00 and an air ambulance was on the scene shortly afterwards. A hazardous response area team was also in attendance.
South Wales Police released a statement from the scene, reassuring people that there was ‘no threat to the public’.
Tata Steel said that a ‘full investigation’ was underway and that its thoughts are with the friends and family of the victim.
In a statement, local Aberavon MP Stephen Kinnock described the deceased as a ‘young man’.
We have to report the sad news that a contractor colleague working at our Port Talbot site has died following an incident on the site today. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. A full investigation has been launched.
— Tata Steel in Europe (@TataSteelEurope) September 25, 2019
In April, two workers were injured at the Tata Steel plant following an explosion caused by a liquid iron spillage.
