Apr 9, 2023 | Offshore Accident, Oil and Gas Accident, Personal Injury, Uncategorized, Workplace Accident, Workplace Explosion
It is not uncommon to see news stories describing the harmful effects reported by people living near oil refineries. Unfortunately, what we see in the media is only a fraction of the real hazards that people living near oil refineries experience on a daily basis. If...
Mar 20, 2023 | Safety, Uncategorized, Workplace Accident, Workplace Explosion
The oil refining industry in the United States is growing. In regions like the Texas Gulf Coast, oil refineries are a major source of employment. Exxon alone employs well over 2,000 people in the Gulf Coast area. The upcoming expansion of their Beaumont refinery could...
Nov 6, 2022 | Workplace Explosion
According to authorities early on Saturday, November 5th, crews responded to a fire near 26510 E. Hardy Road in Old Town Spring. Railroad crew workers were onsite during the fuel explosion. The workers were working on a hotline on the rail when a fuel gas ignited,...