BURR, Neb. (AP) - Authorities have released the name of a worker killed in an accident at a cooperative's location in southeast Nebraska's Otoe County.He was identified as Paul Sliger, 49, who lived in Syracuse, the Otoe County Sheriff's Office said Thursday.First responders were sent around 3:45 p.m. Wednesday to the Frontier Cooperative site in Burr following a&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/e93d9123cb847b010c0414012e799211" target="_blank">report</a>&nbsp;about a tire exploding. They found the worker later identified as Sliger dead when they arrived and a customer with minor injuriesSliger had connected an air hose to inflate a large commercial tire and walked away in order to work on another tire, the sheriff's office said. When he returned, a piece of the steel wheel struck him as the tire exploded. The customer was treated at the scene for his minor injuries.Federal safety regulators will be investigating.

Authorities release name of worker killed at co-op site