GLENVILLE, N.Y. (AP) - An asphalt company has been fined $17,000 for violations related to an explosion that killed two workers in Schenectady County.
The Albany Times Union (https://bit.ly/2rRjUTV ) reports that the Gorman Group of Albany agreed on the settlement with the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Gorman owns Mohawk Asphalt Emulsions in the town of Glenville, where two workers were killed in an explosion and flash fire last October.
Federal investigators found “serious” violations related to the deaths of 56-year-old Joseph Nichols and 42-year-old Alfred Crowther. A third injured worker survived minor burns.
Officials say Crowther and another employee were transferring liquid asphalt from a storage tank into a tanker truck when a propane torch they were using to make the liquid flow easier ignited vapors.
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