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CLEVELAND (AP) - Ford Motor Co. shut down two sections of an engine plant Saturday because tests found high concentrations of the bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease.
Tests were conducted at four Ford plants after two workers at a casting plant in the complex died from the disease.
No one has become ill from the legionella bacteria at the Cleveland Engine Plant No. 2, Ford spokeswoman Della DiPietro said.
Production of V-6 engines at the 1,400-employee plant wasn't affected, and only a handful of workers had to be reassigned while two water sources were disinfected, DiPietro said.
The sources weren't identified, but the water-borne bacteria are found in such places as cooling towers or showers.
Legionnaires' disease sickened four workers total at the casting plant, although the plant has not been confirmed as the source.
Ford closed the 2,500-employee casting plant on March 14 for five days to test for the bacteria and disinfect the plant.
Legionnaires' disease is a form of pneumonia spread through inhalation of mist from contaminated water. It does not spread from person to person. It was identified at a 1976 American Legion convention in Philadelphia.
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