PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 18, 2026
A second employee who died this week following a gas leak at a Baileyville paper mill last month was identified Wednesday by the company as a 26-year-old process engineer. Allen Hornberger, who worked in Woodland Pulp’s technical department, died Monday after having been hospitalized since the gas leak late last month. Officials have said the gas appears to have been highly toxic hydrogen sulfide, which was released in the Bleach Plant area of the facility.