Strange Man, 31, Killed in Industrial Accident at Steel Plant He Shouldn’t Have Been in, Authorities Say

Robert Carson Chambliss died of blunt force trauma, the local coroner said

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  • A 31-year-old man died following an industrial accident at a steel plant in Alabama on Friday, Nov. 7

  • The man, Robert Carson Chambliss, was not an employee of the company and was not authorized to be there, authorities say

  • The local coroner’s office determined that he died of blunt force trauma

A 31-year-old man is dead following an industrial accident at a steel plant in Alabama last week, although he was not supposed to be there, authorities say.

On Friday, Nov. 7, just before 7 p.m. local time, officials were dispatched to CMC Steel in Birmingham after workers realized that someone had been hurt, AL.com reported.

The victim was later identified as Robert Carson Chambliss, from Birmingham, the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office confirmed to PEOPLE…

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