The Waymon L Boyd was a total loss valued at almost $9.5 million, while the explosion caused more than $2 million in damage to the Enterprise Products pipeline. Six other crew members aboard the dredge were injured, one of whom later died. Of the 18 crew members employed by the dredge owner Orion Marine Group, three aboard the Waymon L Boyd and one aboard an adjacent anchor barge were killed. That released a geyser of propane that quickly exploded, enveloping the Waymon L Boyd in flames. The explosion happened in August 2020, in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel when the dredging vessel Waymon L Boyd's rotating cutter head cut the 16-inch pipeline owned by Enterprise Products. CORPUS CHRISTI (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - After an investigation, the opinion of the National Transportation Safety Board is clear - inadequate communication, planning, and risk management by a dredge operator likely led to the cutting of a liquefied propane pipeline and an explosion that killed five people at a Texas port last year.
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