The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries fined a storage tank sales and servicing company $166,423 for ignoring workplace safety rules and causing two explosions at the same worksite on the same day.
Workers for Calhoun Tanks & Services were inspecting an 18,000-gallon underground propane tank in Kitsap in August when propane leaked and spread throughout a fenced area used to store above-ground tanks.
The gas and vapor eventually reached a vaporizer unit with an auto-igniter that had not been locked out. It activated, causing an explosion.
Nobody was hurt in the blas...
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