Company, owners plead guilty in fatal 2015 railcar explosion
July 14, 2021 GMT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A Nebraska railcar-cleaning company and its two owners have pleaded guilty to violating environmental and worker safety laws after an explosion killed two employees in 2015.
Adrian LaPour, 44, and Dallas Fouls, 40, were working for Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services inside a tanker car in Omaha on April 14, 2015, when it exploded. A third employee escaped serious injury.
Prosecutors said benzene levels in the tanker car were not tested, and the car was not continuously monitored for explosive levels of gases, The Omaha World-Herald reported.
Steven Braithwaite, president and owner of Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services, pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of violating worker safety standards that resulted in death and violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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