Contract worker killed at CF facility

Port Neal, Iowa—A contract worker was killed and another was injured March 19 at CF Industries Holdings Inc.’s facility here. The worker, Arturo Castor-Cavanzon, 44, Tecumseh, Neb., died at the scene after falling to the bottom of a tank. Initial assessments were that it may have been due to a lack of oxygen. The contractor, Performance Contractors Inc., Baton Rouge, La., said that while it did not know all the facts surrounding the incident, it was conducting a full investigation and cooperating with authorities. CF said the incident occurred at a part of the facility that was not in operation. CF is in the final stages of a major expansion at the Port Neal plant.