Archive for January, 2011

Poor Welds Found in Gas Pipe Explosion that Killed 8 People, Injured 50, Destroyed 37 Homes

A government investigation into a gas pipe explosion last September that caused the death of eight people and destroyed 37 homes in a California neighborhood has found weld defects in pipeline recovered from the site. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a report on the September 9, 2010 incident in which a 30-inch [...]

Propane Recall, Lack of Odor May Lead to Fire, Explosion or Burns

A processor of propane gas, also known as liquefied petroleum (LP) gas, has issued a recall of its propane sold in portable tanks and propane delivered to storage tanks because the company failed to add a sufficient amount of an odorant intended to alert consumers of a gas leak. Failure to detect leaking gas can [...]

Philly Gas Explosion Kills 1 and Injures 5

The explosion of a gas main in a Philadelphia suburb has left one person dead and five others injured. After reports of a gas smell in the Tacony neighborhood in Northeast Philly just before 7:30pm Tuesday, employees from the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) and the Philadelphia Fire Department responded to the scene and discovered a [...]

Cruise Ship Increases Disinfection Efforts after Outbreak of Intestinal Illness

A cruise ship returned to port on Saturday with more than 150 sick passengers, prompting enhanced sanitation efforts aboard ship. Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas returned to its home port of Tampa, FL on today after a five-night voyage to ports in Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico with 150 of its 2336 passengers suffering [...]