Refinery worker crushed to death

Refinery worker crushed to death

The refinery was the scene of a major fire in 2001

A father-of-two has been crushed to death in an accident at an oil refinery

Alan David Smith, 35, from Kealby, died following the accident at the Conoco Phillips refinery at Killingholme, North-East Lincolnshire.

A police spokesman said the man was reported to have been hit by machinery on a rail track at approximately 1218 GMT on Thursday.

He was taken to the Diana Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Mr Smith leaves a wife and two daughters.

Refinery manager Nick Spencer said the company is working with police and the Health and Safety Executive to establish the cause of the accident.

"Our thoughts are with the family to whom we extend our deepest sympathies to."