Death from January Pipeline Fire

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

California's Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) reports that one of the workers seriously burned in a Jan. 19 flash fire at a Bakersfield refinery died of his injuries March 29."This investigation now turns into a fatality investigation," commented DIR spokesperson Dean Fryer. The fire at Kern Oil and Refining Co. resulted from a pipeline break. Two workers were admitted to the hospital in critical condition and another was treated and released. The break reportedly occurred duri

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