Experts say workers shouldn’t climb coal piles, the action that records show led to 2 deaths at a Pueblo power plant

Payne Institute Faculty Fellow Jürgen Brune contributed to this article about how two contract workers who died after sinking into a 60-foot coal pile in Pueblo last month had climbed the pile to find and clear an air pocket.  Coal storage piles with underground draw points always bear the risk of collapse, therefore no one should ever walk or work (on) top of such a pile.  July 12, 2022.