Friday, November 27, 2015 1:00 pm

EDMONTON (From Global News) - A worker was installing a handrail on a tower at the West Fraser Pulp and Paper Mills in Hinton when he became tangled in a piece of equipment and died.

Occupational Health and Safety said the fatality happened on 23 Nov. 2015 at around 5 p.m. It said the worker was an employee of Winfield Industrial Sales and Service Ltd.

There is a stop work order where the death happened but the mill is still operational.

Family has identified the worker as 23-year-old Dean Smith. They added that Smith was on top of the digester installing safety handrail when he got tied up in the coupling to the drive motor.