A Fatal Workplace Accident in Tyler
Posted/updated on: January 25, 2019 at 3:46 pm
TYLER – A worker has died in an industrial accident in Tyler. It happened around 9:15 Wednesday morning at Cannon Steel on Highway 64 West. Dead at the scene was Jonathan Burkett, 28, of Tyler. He was said to have been unloading steel beams from a flatbed trailer when one of the beams became loose. The beam is said to have bounced and hit him in the head. OSHA is investigating the death.
