Three Employees Injured At Salem Harbor
Power Station
SALEM, Mass. – A release of steam Tuesday morning at Unit 3 at Dominion’s
Salem Harbor Power Station injured three employees.
The incident occurred at
about 9 a.m. EST. Salem fire and rescue squads
responded to the station. All personnel have been accounted for by the station.
The
three injured employees were transported to area hospitals. The
extent of their injuries is unknown at this time. Identities of the employees
will not be released until their families have been notified.
Dominion is conducting
an investigation to determine the cause of the incident. Local
and federal safety officials are also at the station.
Salem Harbor is a four-unit
power station generating 754 megawatts. The
three coal-fired units, Units 1, 2 and 3, were operating at the time of the
incident. Units 1 and 2 continue to operate safely. The oil-fired
Unit 4 was not operating.
Dominion is one of the nation's largest producers
and transporters of energy, with a portfolio of about 26,500 megawatts of generation,
7,800 miles of natural gas transmission pipeline and 1 trillion cubic feet
equivalent (Tcfe) of proved natural gas and oil reserves. Dominion also owns
and operates the nation's largest underground natural gas storage system with
about 960 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves retail energy customers
in 11 states. For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web
site at http://www.dom.com.
