Worker in N.Y. fatally burned in confined space accident
No gas detection measures in place, inadequate ventilation
Serious workplace safety violations were found in connection with a September 2013 explosion that killed one worker and injured another at Canastota Wastewater Treatment plant in New York, according to OSHA.
Richard C. "Rick" Whitney Jr., 58, an employee of Joy Process Mechanical, was welding a pipe inside a methane gas dome at the plant when the explosion occurred. He suffered third-degree burns to most of his body and died three days later at a burn center in Boston.