A father of two has died in hospital as a result of burns suffered after an accident at the Corus plant in Port Talbot, South Wales. Corus said Kevin Downey was injured when he fell onto a flow of slag whilst working on a blast furnace. He had been instrumental in helping get a similar furnace back under control after a devastating explosion in an incident at the same plant in 2001. There had been no explosion, venting of gas or any other obvious catastrophic failure before the accident and all protective clothing and other systems were working. Corus are currently conducting their own investigation, which will feed into the joint police and Health and Safety Executive (HSE) inquiry.
