I wonder also whether all fatalities affected Union members only?

But I found the article’s last paragraph of particular interest, that the commission would also be “charged with examining industry ‘best practices’. Recommendations in a final report due by November 17th are to consider whether current requirements and programs are sufficient, if trade association ‘SELF-POLICING AND REGULATING’ is adequate, what sort of safety training should be implemented, and whether additional state oversight is necessary.”

We have a 36 inch pipeline going in on the ridge across the road from us
and a 42 in. line supposed to go in behind us not far from us…

Plus the Well pad across the hill is right over the hill…

With every thing going on… How safe is this to us and my family…
and our water wells…

By Christopher Regan of Bordas and Bordas Attorneys, PLLC posted in Gas Pipeline Explosions on Monday, March 31, 2014.

Scott Kraus of the Morning Call newspaper operating in Lehigh Valley raised a question that comes up time-and-time again when gas explosions cause wrongful deaths and devastation to lives, homes, and businesses. As Mr. Kraus remarks in his article, “[e]ach time, gas-safety advocates hope the carnage sparks action on safety reforms.”

Mr. Kraus is referencing the disturbingly-common nature of fatal gas explosions. Something happens in Allentown, and then something happens in New York, then something happens in New Jersey. We have explosions happening here in West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Ohio, and yet, as Kraus observes, “Making dramatic changes in a multibillion-dollar industry regulated differently by every state won’t be easy.” Too true.