A deadly explosion that rocked northwest Houston in January 2020 could have been prevented with better planning and safety training, the federal agency responsible for investigating chemical incidents said in a new report released this week.
in January 2020 could have been prevented with better planning and safety training, the federal agency responsible for investigating chemical incidents said in a new report released this week.
But large parts of the 56-page report focused on the company's failure to train employees or to ensure workplace safety. More than 2,000 people from the working-class neighborhood of Westbranch claimed to be harmed by the explosion. Two workers were killed at the warehouse, and another man died after his home's ceiling collapsed on him.
Watson Grinding didn't have plans on what to do in response to a gas leak and didn't train its employees to recognize a leak. On the day of the explosion, the company failed to contact emergency responders for help, the report said.
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