A $16 million settlement has been reached in the lawsuit stemming from the explosion at the We Energies Oak Creek power plant in February of 2009.
Read the Journal Sentinel story here. From it:
On Feb. 3, 2009, an explosion and fire occurred in a dust collector at the power plant in Oak Creek. Eight ThyssenKrupp Safway employees who were building scaffolding inside the dust collector were injured, Trecek said.
The Safway employees had been hired by United States Fire Protection to build the scaffolding.
After an investigation, federal safety regulators cited the Waukesha scaffolding company and We Energies. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleged “willful and serious” safety violations by We Energies and contractor ThyssenKrupp Safway Inc. in the explosion.
There were several strong South Milwaukee connections to this incident. Our fire department was among the first on the scene, and one of the workers, Alex Trevino, the most seriously injured, lives in South Milwaukee.
Read more about Trevino’s harrowing, and inspiring, story in this Daily Reporter blog posting.
And check out these other headlines of local interest:
- Oak Creek Plant Power Profits for Wisconsin Energy (Journal Sentinel)
- Editorial: Appointment Tainted by Ethical Lapse (Oshkosh Northwestern)
- Editorial: Plale Hiring is as Matter of Perception (Appleton Post-Crescent)
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