A few months ago, the news brought reports of three serious incidents in one week at wastewater treatment plants nearly spanning the country.
A construction worker died in a trenching accident in Gatlinburg, Tenn. Five construction workers were injured in a propane explosion in Edmonds, Wash. And two treatment plant maintenance workers were critically burned in a methane gas explosion in Struthers, Ohio.
I know that wastewater treatment plants pay close attention to safety and in general have excellent records for low frequency of lost-time accidents. But statistics aren’t necessarily something to hang one’s hat on.
What could have been done?
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