1 worker who survived tanker blast was atop railcar wearing harness (video interview of surviver)

[Omaha Steve]

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MEGAN FARMER/THE WORLD-HERALD
A memorial was placed near the explosion site at an Omaha rail yard near First and Hickory Streets. The blast killed two workers Tuesday.


POSTED: THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015 1:00 AM
By Maggie O’Brien and Alia Conley / World-Herald staff writers

One worker survived the explosion at a southeast Omaha rail yard that killed two men Tuesday afternoon.

Dallas Foulk, 40, and Adrian LaPour, 44, died while cleaning a tanker railcar near First and Hickory Streets. Foulk was exiting the car and was blown off the railcar by the explosion, and LaPour was trapped inside when the ladder blew out.

A third worker was atop the railcar and wearing a harness, which prevented him from suffering any serious injuries when he too was blown off, said Scott Allen, a spokesman for the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

That worker was identified Thursday as Joe Coschka.

FULL story at link. Video: http://studio.omaha.com/?ndn.trackingGroup=91341&ndn.siteSection=omahalanding&ndn.videoId=28906619&freewheel=91341&sitesection=omahalanding&vid=28906619

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