DIXON, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Commerce Commission won't be issuing a fine in connection to a fatal gas pipeline explosion that killed two men and injured two others in the northern part of the state.
M&R Farms workers operating a tiling plow ruptured the high-pressure pipeline on Dec. 5, causing the explosion near Nachusa, about 95 miles (150 kilometers) west of Chicago. The workers were installing drainage tile.
Investigators with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration determined the owner of the land failed to contact the Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators before beginning the project.
