62-Year-Old Dies While Working On Granite City Transformer
The coroner said Nelson was trying to shut off a malfunctioning transformer when he was electrocuted, and the case remains under investigation.
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62-Year-Old Dies While Working On Granite City Transformer
GRANITE CITY - A 62-year-old man from the Bridgeton, Mo. area died early Saturday, July 11, 2026, after he was electrocuted while working on a malfunctioning transformer during a storm at the U.S. Steel Mill Cold Plant in Granite City, according to Madison County Coroner Nicholas P. Novacich.The man was identified as Mitcheal N. Nelson, 62, of Bridgeton, Mo., 63044. Novacich said Nelson and two other employees were working on a transformer at th…
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