UPDATE (2/23/26, 10:45 am): Assumption Parish Coroner Keith Landry has identified the man who died as Keith Foreman, 60, from the Lafayette area. His cause of death is pending an autopsy.
BELLE ROSE, La. — One man was killed and two others were injured Sunday afternoon in an industrial accident at a plant in Assumption Parish, according to officials.
What Happened at the Plant
Assumption Parish Office of Emergency Preparedness Director Paul LeBlanc said the incident occurred around 3:40 p.m. at the GIE plant at the end of Grand Bayou Road in the Belle Rose area.
Officials said two contractors and one plant employee were performing a routine pressure test on a brine well that was not in service when a fitting failed, causing a hose to break loose and strike the workers…