Cabin Creek Fire
The Cabin Creek Fire occurred on October 2, 2007 at Xcel Energy’s Hydropower Generation plant in Georgetown, Colorado, a small town about forty-five miles west of Denver. This accident killed five contract workers and injured three.
On June 1, 2011, Federal prosecutors opened their charges that Xcel Energy was criminally liable for the deaths of the five RPI workers. On June 28th, the jury found Xcel Energy not guilty.
On December 19, 2011, RPI Coating pled guilty to workplace safety violations and paid $1.55 million in a cash settlement. The company took responsibility for the deaths of five workers and the injuries to three. This plea deal gets RPI out of a civil law suit and subjects them to further monitoring for workplace safety violations.
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