Million-Dollar Fine for Company Following Explosion at Newport, Wash., Facility
Zodiac Cabin & Structures Support LLC has been fined $1,316,000 for workplace safety and health violations following an explosion at its carbon fiber production plant north of Spokane, Wash.
Seventeen workers were injured in July 2015 when an oven exploded at the Zodiac Cabin & Structures Support LLC facility in Newport, Wash. A nearly six-month investigation by Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) concluded that the explosion could have been prevented if Zodiac had used required safety interlocks and safeguards to ensure that the curing oven was used safely and as advised in a consulting engineer’s report.
