Fifth worker dies after accident in Tampa power plant
A fifth person has died from injuries sustained in an accident at a Florida power plant. Armando Perez, 56, died while being treated for injuries he suffered when molten slag gushed from a containment tank at the Tampa Electric Big Bend Power Station in late June. The workers had been carrying out routine maintenance at a coal-fired boiler when the accident happened, Brace Industrial Group said. Only one person affected by the incident remains alive, according to the Tampa Bay Times newspaper.

An accident at a Florida power plant last month has claimed a fifth life.

BRACE Industrial Group said its employee, 56-year-old Armando Perez, died Thursday of injuries he sustained in the June 29 accident at the Tampa Electric Big Bend Power Station. Molten slag, a substance that can reach temperatures upward of 1,000 degrees, gushed from a containment tank and burning workers in the vicinity.

The Tampa Bay Times reports only one person who was injured by the slag remains alive: 32-year-old Gary Marine Jr.

Company officials say the incident happened at a coal-fired boiler while workers were performing routine maintenance on the slag tank at the plant southeast of Tampa. Slag is a byproduct created when coal is burned for electricity.

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