,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #hch  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,february #g1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,courtney 7for himself1 ,ms4  
,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut1
 ,mr4 ,himes1 and ,mrs4 ,hayes7         
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and ,labor  ,,resolution     
,commemorating the #ajth anniversary of 
the ,kleen ,energy ,systems natural gas 
explosion4  ,whereas1 on ,february #g1  
#bjaj1 six workers died and dozens were 
injured in an explosion at the ,kleen   
,energy ,systems power station          
construction site in ,middletown1       
,connecticut1 when natural gas that had 
pooled on the ground caught fire2       
,whereas ,peter ,c4 ,chepulis1 ,ronald  
,j4 ,crabb1 ,raymond ,e4 ,dobratz1      
,kenneth ,w4 ,haskell1 ,jr41 ,roy ,d4   
,rushton1 and ,vance ,c4 ,walters       
tragically lost their lives as a result 
of this preventable catastrophe2        
,whereas the ,occupational ,safety and  

,health ,administration found willful   
violations of safety protocol that led  
to the explosion2 ,whereas fines        
assessed as a result of these violations
 were miniscule compared to the lives   
lost and the public resources required  
to rescue the injured1 investigate the  
causes1 and clean up the damage2        
,whereas the statutory fines under the  
,occupational ,safety and ,health ,act  
of #aigj are woefully out of date due to
 ,congress' failure to modernize the law
 since its passage2 ,whereas each day an
 average of #ad workers are killed due  
to workplace injuries in the ,united    
,states2 and ,whereas tens of thousands 
of ,americans with workplace injuries   
and illness have become permanently     
disabled3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that 
the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7   
honors the memories of the workers      
killed in the ,kleen ,energy ,systems   
natural gas explosion on ,february #g1  
#bjaj2  7#b7 expresses its deepest      
sympathy to the families of the victims 

and those whose lives have been         
irreparably changed as a result of this 
disaster2 and  7#c7 recognizes-- 7,a7   
the risks that workers face on the job2 
and  7,b7 the need to strengthen and    
modernize the ,occupational ,safety and 
,health ,act of #aigj to better-- 7i7   
prevent deadly disasters2  7ii7 protect 
workers from occupational injury1       
illness1 and retaliation2 and  7iii7    
hold employers accountable for          
violations of safety laws4