One of the men who received chemical burns in an anhydrous ammonia accident mid-month has died. 68-year-old Robert Ryan of De Witt died Monday at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a tank he and another worker were filling burst on April 15th at the River Valley Co-op near Calamus. A welded seam apparently failed. 23-year-old Nathan Nissen of Welton was also burned in the incident which is under investigation by state and federal authorities.
SEARCH THIS SITE
RECENT NEWS
- Grassley: Pentagon workers spent millions of pandemic dollars on personal expenses
- After missing Iowa trucker’s body found, wife says: ‘Things don’t add up.’
- Western Iowa Tech to pay millions to students to settle lawsuit
- $18.8 million workforce housing development planned in Spirit Lake
- Body of missing northwest Iowa trucker found