TX: Officials Investigating Death at Citgo

[Emily]

http://www.kiiitv.com/story/27841770/officials-investigating-death-at-citgo

 

[Emily]

Investigation continues into death at Citgo East refinery

CORPUS CHRISTI - A CITGO company employee was found unconscious by a fellow employee in one of the operating units at the CITGO Corpus Christi East Plant, at approximately 9:00 pm on January 12, 2015.

http://www.kristv.com/news/investiga...ocal-refinery/​

The link in the post above isn't working, but I don't remember any new information being in that article. While looking for updates, I found that mysterious deaths at refineries have happened before:

Unreported Deaths : Were They Tied to Refinery Work?

Organization(s): Houston Chronicle

Collections: Worked to Death

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Summary Statement: A newspaper article describing the deaths of 3 workers. Although the deaths were not officially attributed to working conditions, there are questions about whether those conditions contributed to the deaths. Part of a collection. Click on the 'collection' button to access the other items.
1994

... For welder William Arnett Jr., 41, death came in the form of a pneumonia-like condition that confounded doctors with its resistance to treatment.
For refinery dockworker Jesus Frias, 45, the killer was aplastic anemia, a rare and painful blood disease.
And it was heart failure that took the life of Lenzie Butler, a 49-year-old refinery operator....

http://www.elcosh.org/document/1778/...ml?show_text=1​