Railcar Cleaning Company and its Owners Plead Guilty to Violating Environmental and Worker Safety Laws Related to Workers’ 2015 Deaths Published: 18 July 2021 18 July 2021
Omaha, Nebraska - Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services LLC (NRCS), its president and owner, Steven Michael Braithwaite, and its vice president and co-owner, Adam Thomas Braithwaite, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Omaha to charges stemming from an investigation into a 2015 fatal railcar explosion that killed two workers.
The charges include conspiracy, violating worker safety standards resulting in worker deaths, violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and submitting false documents to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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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.