Westar closes plant after deaths of two employees

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June 4, 2018 - 11:00 PM

Two Westar Energy employees have died from injuries received while working at the company’s largest power plant, which remained closed Monday.

Operations supervisors Craig Burchett and Jesse Henson were burned when a piece of equipment with high-pressure steam broke about 11:30 a.m. Sunday, Westar officials said. The two were airlifted from Jeffrey Energy Center to the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kansas, where they died Sunday evening.

“Our Westar employees work very closely together and form strong bonds,” John Bridson, Westar’s senior vice president of generation, said in a statement. “All of us who worked with Craig and Jesse are grieving and thinking of their families as we cope with the loss.”

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