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Steam Burns Refinery Workers
POSTED: 3:18 pm CDT July 3,
2008
UPDATED: 5:43 pm CDT July 3,
2008
JESUIT BEND, La. -- Three workers were burned at the Conoco Phillips Alliance Refinery in Jesuit Bend, according to police and company officials.
Watch The StoryA company spokesman said the three contractors were burned by steam at the facility around 2 p.m Thursday. They were working for a company called T2S, according to the spokesman.
They were doing routine maintenance at the refinery when they hit a valve that broke off and released steam from the boiler, according to the spokesman.Police said one of the injured was in critical condition and airlifted to a Baton Rouge hospital. The other two were taken to hospitals in Plaquemines Parish.Alliance began operations in 1971 and is one of the last refineries built in the United States, according to the company's Web site. The Alliance refinery, located about 25 miles south of New Orleans at the 15000 block of Highway 23, processes about 247,000 barrels of crude oil per day.The accident did not interfere with the refinery operations, said Bob Gingerich, a spokesman for the refinery.
Watch The StoryA company spokesman said the three contractors were burned by steam at the facility around 2 p.m Thursday. They were working for a company called T2S, according to the spokesman.|
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