Authorities said 11 victims were taken to Graham Hospital in Canton. Fulton County Coroner Steve Hines said one of the victims, an Ameren Illinois employee, later died at the hospital. The worker has not been identified.
Despite that, Steve Hines, the state's chief labor market analyst, said the labor force participation rate of around 70 percent in 2011 compares to a 75 percent rate from about a decade ago. Some of that decline can be attributed to an aging population and might be permanent, Hine said.