Carl Johansson, owner of Corona trucking company Quality Services, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Nov. 9, after covering up a federal investigation into a fatal explosion at his facility near the Corona Municipal Airport.
On May 6, 2014, Quality Services’ management ordered welder Samuel Enciso to work on a tanker that still had crude oil in it, resulting in an explosion and Enciso’s death.
Johansson had started his trucking company after being released from a 15-month prison sentence due to another fatal explosion at his former company, Ash, Inc., in 1993, which resulted in the death of Leonardo Quintero.
Neither company was certified to repair cargo tanks.
