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Employee dies in fall at Sagola Township plant

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP, MI--   A man has been killed in a fall at the Louisiana Pacific plant in Dickinson County’s Sagola Township. 

Michigan State Police from the Iron Mountain Post responded to a medical call Friday. Preliminary investigation determined a man was cleaning machinery while standing on a catwalk. He fell and suffered serious injuries.

Lifesaving efforts were performed but the employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

The incident remains under investigation. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.