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06/03/21
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Bridgeport, CT (WorkersCompensation.com) - Two workers at a West Haven veterans healthcare facility suffered fatal injuries caused by hot steam after a metal fixture on a main steam line blew off. The workers had just finished making repairs to the steam pipe within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System West Haven campus in November 2020.
A U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspection determined that VACT failed to protect employees from struck-by and burn hazards and the agency identified numerous deficiencies in the facility s lockout/tagout program. One of the workers was an employee of VACT and the other was an employee of Mulvaney Mechanical Inc., a Danbury-based contractor.
OSHA: West Haven veterans hospital allegedly failed to protect workers killed in steam explosion
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The scene outside of the boiler plant at the West Haven VA Hospital following an explosion earlier in the morning on November 13, 2020.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Veterans Affiars Medical Center, West Haven. Conn. Nov. 13, 2020Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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WEST HAVEN The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System received nine notices of unsafe and unhealthful working conditions following a U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration inspection after two maintenance workers died in a steam explosion in November.
A high-pressure blast of hot steam that killed two men at the VA Medical Center in West Haven last year could have been prevented if safety standards were followed, the U.S. Department of Labor says.