A lawsuit was filed on behalf of three Shell chemical plant contractors, nearly one week after the Deer Park facility caught fire.
The suit, which was filed by the law firm of Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner is seeking $1 million in damages for each of the three workers.
“As they start gathering their equipment to get out of there to get away from the cloud that was forming, they saw a Shell worker, an operator, someone dressed in Shell uniform running past them,” he said.“The OESHA standards and the laws affecting chemical plants are specific that they have to contain all chemicals in the pipes, vessels and tanks,” he said.“There was an ignition.
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