This photo from video by KCTV5 shows damage to the side of a building in the aftermath of a fatal explosion at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo., Tuesday, April 11, 2017. (KCTV5 via AP)
Republished April 12, 2017 - 1:20 PM
Original Publication Date April 12, 2017 - 12:45 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A worker who died during an explosion at an ammunition plant in Missouri has been identified as a 55-year-old man from suburban Kansas City.
The U.S. Army says Lawrence Bass, of Blue Springs, Missouri, died Tuesday after the blast at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence.
Contractor Orbital ATK, which operates the plant, says Bass had worked there 35 years and was an operator in the primer mixing operation.
Four other workers were treated at the scene. The explosion occurred in a building where chemicals are mixed. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is leading the investigation.
The plant makes and tests small-calibre ammunition for the military and operates the NATO test centre.
Orbital is the biggest maker of small-calibre ammunition for the U.S. Department of Defence.
News from © The Associated Press, 2017