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Fire at Memphis refinery injures one

Posted on May 7th, 2010 No Comments

There was a refinery fire at Valero Energy Corp’s 195,000 barrel-a-day refinery in Memphis, Tenn. that erupted at a sulfur extraction unit.

There was one injury as a result of the fire, which was extinguished quickly by the plant’s emergency response team. The fire broke out at 2:30 p.m. at the hydrogenation unit, which extracts sulfur from the fuel streams. The injured worker was transported to the hospital, but details on his condition are unknown.

If you or a loved one has been injured in a workplace or refinery fire, our thoughts are with you and your family.

Three injured in Baton Rouge refinery fire

Posted on April 19th, 2010 No Comments

A flash fire at Exxon Mobil’s Baton Rouge refinery sent three people to the hospital with injuries.

The company said that the fire began near or in a reformer and that the damage was minor. Two of the workers that were injured in the fire were Partco contractors and one was an ExxonMobil employee. The fire was put out by an in-house volunteer fire department and was said to be a flash fire from flammable vapors or light ends.

If you have been injured in a workplace fire, contact the Wisconsin refinery fire lawyers of Habush Habush & Rottier S.C. ® by calling 800-242-2874.

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Fire at Los Angeles area refinery

Posted on March 31st, 2010 No Comments

A fire occurred at Chevron Corp’s 279,000 barrel a day refinery in El Segundo, California.

The fire occurred in the electrical substation at the hydrocracking unit. Officials call the hydrocracker an isomax and is designed to crack heavy crude oil into jet fuel. This refinery provides 40 percent of the jet fuel for Los Angeles International Airport. The cause of the fire is still investigated.

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Explosion Wounds 8, Knocks Down School Wall

Posted on December 1st, 2009 No Comments

Eight construction workers were injured when an explosion went off as they were working on repairs as Crittenden Middle School in Virginia. The explosion, which went off at about 7 am on Sunday, blew a 50-foot hole in a shop classroom.

The eight construction workers were taken to local hospitals to be treated for injuries and burns. One of the workers is listed as being in critical condition. Investigators are currently unsure what caused the explosion.

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BP Fined $87M for Texas City Refinery Explosion

Posted on November 11th, 2009 No Comments

Petroleum giant BP has been fined an unprecedented $87 million by the US government for the 2005 explosion at their Texas City refinery which killed 15 and injured 170 others. Furthermore, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration noted that the company still has a “serious systemic safety problem” four years after the accident occurred.

OSHA originally fined the company $21.3 million shortly after the incident originally occurred, and BP has shelled out $2 billion in settlements to people injured in the accident and the families of those killed. The company immediately promised to correct the safety failures which caused the accident, but four years later, OSHA says those corrections have yet to be made.

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