Maryland Local's Blood Drive Honors Brother Killed in Workplace Accident

John Amig Sr. holds a plaque during a Local 410 and BGE ceremony to name his son’s workplace and the road to it after the fallen welder.

April 1, 2025

Snip: On a warm and sunny Friday afternoon in May 2021, the 51-year-old Amig and two other crew members came across a leaky old fitting on a steel gas main in the northern Baltimore suburb of Pikesville.

“Unless there’s some kind of tribal knowledge, you really don’t know much about it,” Kasecamp said.

But even though Amig carried with him the proper skills and years of know-how, something went wrong as the crew went about excavating the main and sealing the leak.

“The pipe blew apart with John in the hole, lighting off with him in it,” Kasecamp said.

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This hits close to home for me. I'm a long time platelet donor.