Pemex sues in US over injuries at Deer Park refinery
- October 14, 2024
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Three workers filed a lawsuit Monday in Houston state court against Mexico’s state-owned oil company. Pemex for injuries they claim they suffered as a result of a hydrogen
Three workers filed a lawsuit Monday in Houston state court against Mexico’s state-owned oil company. Pemex for injuries they claim they suffered as a result of a hydrogen sulfide leak on Thursday in oil refinery from Deer Park, Texas.
Two contractors died and 35 people were treated for exposure To deadly hydrogen sulfide Thursday afternoon, according to authorities.
Sergio Antonio Olvera, Jonathan Martinez and Yoselin Soto According to the lawsuit, they were working at the Pemex refinery in Deer Park, a Houston suburb, when gases including hydrogen sulfide were released Thursday afternoon.
“Plaintiffs subsequently suffered injuries due to the leak,” the document states. “At that time and in this case, the defendants committed acts and omissions that, cumulatively and individually, constituted negligence,” he added.
Three workers said in the lawsuit that Pemex did not maintain, control or control the refinery. it also did not provide safe working conditions at the plant.
workers demand compensation in excess million dollarsThis is stated in the lawsuit filed in Harris County District Court in Houston by attorney Muhammad Aziz.
Aziz did not respond to telephone messages left at his office Monday.
The law firm of Tony Buzbee, a prominent Houston attorney, announced last week that several families of plant workers have hired his firm to represent them.
A representative from Buzbee’s law firm was not available to speak Monday afternoon.
Sources familiar with the plant’s operations told Reuters that contractors were working on a sulfur recovery plant when the hydrogen sulfide leaked.
Hydrogen sulfide is a gas produced during the refining of crude oil; may cause death if inhaled in high concentrations. (Reuters).
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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