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Authorities release name of man killed on the job

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December 8th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of an employee who was killed at his Cedar Rapids workplace. Police identified the man as 46-year-old Daniel Heeren, who lived in Van Horne. He was run over by a semitrailer Wednesday morning at the DuPont Industrial Bioscience facility. Police say Heeren’s death didn’t result from a crime and say an industrial safety investigation is expected.