Cal/OSHA Investigations

Pipeline Incident in Bakersfield

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

SACRAMENTO -- A pipeline break at an oil refinery in Bakersfield resulted in a flash fire that burned three workers, two seriously, Jan. 19.Two of the workers injured during the explosion at Kern Oil and Refining Co. were listed in critical condition and the third was treated and released.According to a local report, the pipeline break occurred during maintenance, but there was no immediate information on what caused the break or the ignition source.The plant has experienced two injury acciden

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