Former employees of Eastway Tank Pump & Meter Ltd. have come forward to allege a history of safety lapses at the Ottawa company prior to last Thursday's explosion that killed six workers and left a seventh critically injured.
Josh Bastien, who is also a former Eastway employee, says he once helped extinguish a fire caused by a spark from a welder s torch. Other ex-workers say safety…
The explosion at Eastway Tank Pump and Meter Ltd site on Merivale Road, Ottawa, is said to be the worst industrial accident in the city in more than half a century.
Friends and family of the victims of Thursday's horrific explosion at an Ottawa tanker truck manufacturer are mourning the loss of their loved ones, while authorities continue to piece together what caused one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the city's history.