Company behind fatal blast lacked permit

By Nelson Daranciang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 29, 2012

~~<p>The company and bosses of the five men killed in a fiery explosion in a bunker at a Waikele storage facility last year should not have had their workers dismantling fireworks because they didn't have the proper state permit to do so, according to criminal charges against them.</p>
<p>A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging Donaldson Enterprises, Director of Operations Charles Donaldson and project manager Carlton Finley with conspiring, aiding, abetting and treating hazardous waste without a permit.</p>
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The company and bosses of the five men killed in a fiery explosion in a bunker at a Waikele storage facility last year should not have had their workers dismantling fireworks because they didn't have the proper state permit to do so, according to criminal charges against them.

A federal grand jury returned an indictment Thursday charging Donaldson Enterprises, Director of Operations Charles Donaldson and project manager Carlton Finley with conspiring, aiding, abetting and treating hazardous waste without a permit. Login for more...