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Board Bill 69 advances after committee review of Chemical Safety Board recommendations on 2017 Ley Lane explosion
Summary
Alderman Orion presented Board Bill 69, which incorporates two recommendations from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board following a deadly 2017 boiler explosion at the Ley Lane Box factory; the Public Safety Committee sent the bill out with a due-pass recommendation.
Alderman Orion, a member of the St. Louis City Board of Aldermen, told the Public Safety Committee that Board Bill 69 responds to recommendations issued after an April 3, 2017, explosion at the Ley Lane Box factory that killed multiple people.
Orion said the incident involved a boiler that "2,000 pounds, went 500 feet into the air, crashed through the seat, the roof of another building…
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