Workers, family members and elected officials honor the six workers who died in an explosion in 2010, according to Connecticut AFL-CIO Health & Safety Committee. The Connecticut AFL-CIO Health & Safety Committee will celebrate the lives of the six workers who died in the Kleen Energy explosion 14 years ago at 11 a.m. Sunday Feb. 4. The event will be held at the permanent memorial outside the Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, according to the union. The Kleen Energy power plant exploded in Middletown on Feb. 7, 2010, at 11:17 a.m. The initial blast killed five workers and injured dozens more, the union noted. One additional worker later died from his injuries. Some of the families of the deceased workers will attend the ceremony. The memorial service this year “will be a celebration of the lives of those we lost. Family members and fellow union members will tell stories about the six deceased workers,” according to the union.
Union to honor workers who died in an explosion at a CT job site