Fatality at Valero’s Texas City Refinery
Posted by proforma on December 8, 2009
A worker was killed by “blunt force trauma” to the head at the Valero refinery in Texas City, Texas, on December 4, 2009, as he and two other workers allegedly were attempting to restart a boiler. The two other workers were injured in the blast. Valero has attributed the accident to a “failure” of the boiler. OSHA is investigating; the Chemical Safety Board has announced it will not open a formal investigation. Current details are available here.
Tags:accident, fatality, OSHA, refinery, Workplace Safety
Filed Under: Workplace Safety
