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Pipeline Worker Killed : NorthEscambia.com

The name has been released of the worker  killed in pipeline construction project  in Atmore Thursday afternoon.

He was identified at Steven “Shorty” Mark Johnson, 39, of Tuscaloosa.

The accident happened off East Sunset Drive east of Highway 21. Johnson, who was employed by Price Gregory International, was reportedly crushed by a large pipe when it unexpectedly shifted.

According to the company’s website: “Price Gregory International is a leading provider of infrastructure services with focus on pipeline construction and related services. The Company was formed through the merger of H.C. Price Co. and Gregory & Cook Construction, two of the world’s largest pipeline contractors with the equipment and capability to build large diameter pipelines.”

The work is part of $2.46 billion Florida Gas Transmission Company project to expand its natural gas pipe system to meet the growing energy needs of the Gulf Coast and Florida. The current portion of the project involves about 483 miles of pipeline being installed in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida with about 365 miles parallel to existing pipeline.

Pictured above: Over 5,000 80-foot sections of steel natural gas pipeline were unloaded from over 600 railroad cars in Walnut Hill earlier this year to be trucked to staging areas near Atmore. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

I am so sad to hear about this. My dad was a pipeliner, and I started with Florida Gas Transmission as an 18 year old in 1973, and am still with them today 37 years later. I have unloaded miles of pipe, and I know how dangerous that can be. Pipeliners are a true working class breed, and I am sure Steve was one of the best. We are the salt of the earth, and when one of us dies or get injured on the job, it hurts us all.

I am so sad to hear about this. My dad was a pipeliner, and I started with Florida Gas Transmission as an 18 year old in 1973, and am still with them today 37 years later. I have unloaded miles of pipe, and I know how dangerous that can be. Pipeliners are a true working class breed, and I am sure Steve was one of the best. We are the salt of the earth, and when one of us dies or get injured on the job, it hurts us all.

I did this type of work for over 21 years and the comments of all of the people here about the type of people that these people are right they are just hard working men and women just trying to make a good living for their families but this accident just showsyou how fast a tagic accident can occur. His friends and family with the pipeline and his family at home will not soon forget their lose.