The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two Colorado companies after two employees suffered fatal burns from a fire at a gas pipeline in Weld County.
DCP Midstream LP and Complete Energy Services Inc. face $79,004 in proposed penalties related to the November incident.
According to OSHA, two employees of Complete Energy and one employee of DCP Midstream were clearing blockage in a gas pipeline operated by DCP Midstream when the fire occurred. OSHA investigators determined that flammable vapors or gases from a vacuum truck leaked, igniting the pipeline.
The agency ci...
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