Man Injured in Toilet Blast Files Suit
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) A Pennsylvania man injured when a portable toilet exploded is suing a general contractor and a coal company for negligence.
John Jenkins, 53, and his wife Ramona Jenkins, 35, of Brave, Pa., filed the lawsuit in Monongalia County Circuit Court on Tuesday. They are suing Chisler Inc., a general contractor from Fairview, and Eastern Associated Coal Corp. for $10 million in damages.
The explosion occurred July 13, 2004, at Parrish Shaft in Blacksville. Jenkins, a North West Fuels Development Inc. methane power plant operator, entered a portable toilet, sat down and tried to light a cigarette.
“When I struck the lighter, the whole thing just detonated - the whole top blew off,” John Jenkins said. “I can’t tell you if it blew me out the door or if I jumped out.”
The lawsuit says the cigarette ignited methane gas leaking from a pipe underneath the unit.
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