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Coroner's Jury Rules Deaths Of Two Mill Workers In Burns Lake, B.C., Accidental

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 31 Jul, 2015 06:11 PM
    VANCOUVER — A coroner's jury has ruled the deaths of two mill workers caught in a fiery explosion in Burns Lake, B.C., more than three years were accidental.
     
    Forty-five-year-old Robert Luggi and 42-year-old Carl Charlie were working at Babine Forest Products in the community 225 kilometres west of Prince George, when the explosion occurred Jan. 20, 2012. 
     
    A coroner's jury heard from nearly 50 witnesses over the 13-day inquest while sitting in Burns Lake.
     
    The jury deliberated for two days and made 33 recommendations, while the e coroner made an additional eight recommendations.
     
    The jury suggested that the company install a fire-pumping system at its mill, have a stand-alone first aid facility, that the company ensure compliance in the National Fire Code and that a combustible gas monitor be used when workers report gas smells.
     
    A WorkSafeBC investigation concluded an accumulation of wood dust was a major factor in the blast.

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