CSB commends Connecticut for banning flammable gas blows at power plants
Legislature acted in wake of Kleen Energy tragedy
The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is praising Connecticut for enacting legislation that will permanently ban the practice of using flammable gases to clean fuel gas piping during power plant construction.
CSB member William Wark called on other states to do the same, citing the gas blow-caused 2010 explosion at the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, Connecticut which killed six workers and injured dozens of others. The accident occurred at a natural gas electric generation plant which was under construction.