Incident Report Subject: Three Workers Burned During TAR Remain Hospitalised Date of Email report: Thu 08/03/2012 Report Detail:
The company is not releasing the names of the workers, who were burned in a flash fire about 3 p.m. on a flare platform at the Valero refinery in Memphis, which produces gasoline and other fuels. Flares are the torch-like towers topped by fire at the refinery that act as safety devices where pressurized gases can be routed and consumed when necessary. JV Industrial, an 13-year-old firm, provides maintenance, repair and refurbishing services to chemical plants and refineries, Babow said. More than 150 of the company's workers arrived recently at the Valero refinery for a project that will take weeks. The three injured men were installing a "blind," a metal plate that would block the inside of a pipe in preparation for removing or changing a piece or part of the pipe, when the flash fire occurred, Babow said. He said the families of the injured men have been flown to Memphis, where the men are being treated at The Regional Medical Center at Memphis. Memphis Fire Department officials said one worker had been burned over 90 percent of his body, another between 60 and 70 percent and a third about 30 percent. Additional Documentation:
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