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Two owners of an Omaha company were sentenced Friday to federal prison for knowingly violating worker safety standards, leading to an explosion that

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Two Nebraska men will spend time in federal prison for their roles in the death of two of their employees.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha company and two of its owners were sentenced Friday to federal prison for knowingly violating worker safety standards, leading to an explosion that killed two workers. Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services; Steven Michael Braithwaite, president and owner of the business; and Adam Thomas Braithwaite, vice-president and co-owner, pleaded guilty in July to willful violations of federal safety regulations and submitting false documents to the Occupational Safety and Healt...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Omaha company and two of its owners were sentenced Friday to federal prison for knowingly violating worker safety standards, leading to an explosion that killed two workers. Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services; Steven Michael Braithwaite, president and owner of the business; and Adam Thomas Braithwaite, vice-president and co-owner, pleaded guilty in July to willful violations of federal safety regulations and submitting false documents to the Occupational Safety and Healt...

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Company, owners plead guilty in fatal 2015 railcar explosion July 14, 2021 GMT OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska railcar-cleaning company and its two owners have pleaded guilty to violating environmental and worker safety laws after an explosion killed two employees in 2015. Adrian LaPour, 44, and Dallas Fouls, 40, were working for Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services inside a tanker car in Omaha on April 14, 2015, when it exploded. A third employee escaped serious injury. Prosecutors said benzen...