WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) —Two workers who died at a Connecticut Veterans Affairs hospitallast week were killed by the rapid release of hot water vapor during maintenance work on the steam system, state police said Thursday.
调查仍在继续，州警察没有为11月13日在西黑文的VA校园发生事故的原因提供解释。
The accident killed a VA maintenance worker, Euel Sims, 60, a Navy veteran from Milford, and a private contractor, Joseph O’Donnell, 36, of Danbury. Three other workers were injured, officials said.
Alfred Montoya Jr., director of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System, said last week that Sims and O’Donnell, a welder and pipefitter, were in the basement of the small outer building and had just finished routine maintenance on a leaky pipe when they died. He said the accident happened as the pipe was being refilled with steam.
In releasing preliminary findings of the investigation, state police said the episode initially described as an explosion was a “pressure event” within the steam system.
警方说：“这项事件导致超热的水蒸气迅速填满了房间和建筑物。”“在系统上工作的两个乘员无法撤离房间并遭受致命伤害。没有明显的犯罪方面。”
The building where the men were killed houses the hospital’s labor shops, such as carpentry and plumbing, a hospital spokesperson said.
The state police Fire & Explosion Investigative Unit is leading the investigation, with help from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Explosives and Firearms.
U.S. Sens. Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, both Connecticut Democrats, are among those calling for the federal government to approve major renovations to the VA campus. Officials said the hospital was built in the 1950s and underwent a renovation in the 1990s, but has decaying infrastructure and is on a list of aging VA facilities that need to be replaced.
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