2 incinerator workers still ‘critical’

In this March 2008 SR file photo, Larry Pratt checks a monitor from the control console at the Waste-to-Energy plant in Spokane. He is one of two workers at the incinerator who was in crucial condition after being severely burned in an industrial accident Tuesday morning. (Rajah Bose / The Spokesman-Review)

The city of Spokane has identified the two workers who were burned in an industrial accident Tuesday morning at Spokane’s Waste-to-Energy Plant. Both are still in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle today.

They are Larry Pratt, 48, who has worked at the Waste-to-Energy plant since 2002, and Craig Law, 39, who has worked there since 2007.

City spokeswoman Marlene Feist said the families of the two men aren’t available for comment at this time.

The city took over operation of the plant in November 2014 from the former operator, Wheelabrator, a subsidiary of Waste Management.

Pratt and Law were performing routine maintenance inside one of the facility’s boilers when something went wrong and they were burned by steam /SR. More here (subscription).