Wrong Fasteners Faulted in Propane Blast Fatality
Jason Sandefur
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
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The Tacoma foundry where a truck driver was killed in an October 6, 2007, propane explosion was fined $19,200 for workplace violations related to the incident, the Associated Press reports.
The 64-year-old delivery truck driver died eight days later from burn injuries.
The state labor board found serious violations of workplace safety and heath regulations. Investigators say Atlas did not have an emergency shut-off valve in the piping and that Atlas workers improperly repaired the foundry’s LP-gas fill hose with nozzle fasteners not designed to withstand pressurized LP gas, according to AP.
The company has vowed to appeal the fines, saying the propane leak and blast was largely the driver’s fault for not “red tagging” the delivery hose system. �2008 FastenerNews.com
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