New standards set for industrial pipe cleaning in wake of deadly 2010 Conn ...

Update 9 24 2011  New standards set for industrial pipe cleaning in wake of deadly 2010 Conn ...  The Republic  AP MIDDLETOWN, Conn. — Federal officials are coming to Connecticut to unveil a new safety standard on how industrial gas-piping systems should be cleaned, a measure developed after the deadly 2010 Kleen Energy plant explosion. ...
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August 5, 2010 $16.6 Million in Fines After Fatal Blast at a Connecticut Plant by RUSS BUETTNER

Federal safety officials on Thursday issued $16.6 million in proposed fines in connection with a huge explosion at a power plant that killed six workers in Middletown, Conn., determining that construction companies had blatantly disregarded industry procedures designed to safeguard workers.

The fines, the third largest ever issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for a single episode, stem from accusations of 371 violations, including 225 considered “willful,” found after the Feb. 7 blast, which occurred as flammable natural gas was being shot through a supply pipe to purge it of debris. Fifty people were injured in the explosion... Read more.