DRAMATIC Footage: Steam Pipe EXPLODES, Shoots Worker Out Of Underground Vault, Blows Airborne

Dramatic Video Shows Steam Pipe Explosion That Injured Construction Worker At Valley Medical Center Dramatic video just released shows an explosion in a steam pipe vault that injured a worker at the Valley Medical Center in Santa Clara County. The video shows workers activating a steam pipe system for the first time at the Valley medical Center construction site. Loud banging noises can be heard, followed by the workers’ growing concern for their safety. “Yeah Joel, maybe you should step out for a minute,” another worker can be heard saying to the worker in the vault. As the worker slowly climbs a ladder out of the vault, a steam pipe below him exploded, shooting 200 degree steam. “The worker could have been killed down in the vault, had he been in there. That’s the worst case. The least case is some sort of blunt trauma, and being scalded by the hot temperature piping,” Santa Clara County Facilities Director Jeff Draper said. The worker survived with only minor injuries, but Santa Clara County Officials say the explosion shows faulty design and safety practices by Turner Construction, the general contractor that designed and built the system. “I’m concerned that they’re not paying attention to the details,” Draper said. The incident happened nearly a year ago, but the county claims a worker gave it to them just yesterday amid the county’s threat to fire Turner Construction. The county says the steam system has yet to be redesigned and rebuilt, and is one of many problems adding to years of delays on the construction project. “We’re prepared to just lock them out,” County Executive Jeff Smith said.


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