Longtime employee found dead inside chemical tank at plant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE/Gray News) – A longtime employee was found dead inside a chemical tank at a manufacturing plant in Kentucky Tuesday.

According to the Elizabethtown Police Department, the body of 59-year-old Franklin Logsdon was found inside the tank at Metalsa.

Employees called authorities around 4:30 p.m. to report Logsdon had gone missing inside the facility.

When officers arrived, they found tools and other personal effects where Logsdon had last been seen working, which was near a chemical tank.

After searching the factory, officials drained the chemical tank and found Logsdon inside.

Police said there was no foul play and that Logsdon’s death was a “tragic accident.”

Elizabethtown police are investigating.