Fraser Shipyards says Injured Employee has Died
Posted: Apr 10, 2017 4:39 PM CST
SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — The employer of a man seriously burned while working on board a Great Lakes freighter at the Twin Ports harbor says he has died from his injuries.
Fraser Shipyards issued a statement Monday saying 53-year-old Joseph Burch has died from injuries suffered in the Feb. 6 accident at the Duluth-Superior harbor. Fraser says Burch was working on repairing the freighter.
Burch was a member of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 117.
