Questions Remain in Death of Middletown, Ohio, Steel Mill Worker.

By Thomas Gnau, Middletown Journal, Ohio Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Aug. 20--MIDDLETOWN, Ohio--A U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration probe into the on-the-job death of an AK Steel worker last month has pointed to at least one area of concern: Before the accident, the operator of the overhead crane could not see how close the lower crane block was getting to the crane's upper block.

However, more than a month into the investigation, no definite conclusions about what happened -- only "theories," area OSHA Director Richard Gilgrist