WORKER DIES AFTER
FALL AT CITGO CORPUS CHRISTI REFINERY
HOUSTON Tue Jan 13, 2015 11:31am EST
(Reuters) - A
worker has died from injuries sustained in a fall on Monday night at Citgo
Petroleum Corp's [PDVSAC.UL] Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery, said sources
familiar with the plant's operations.
The man fell while he was working about 120 feet up on
the gasoline-producing 69,000-barrel-per-day Fluidic Catalytic Cracking Unit
No. 2 at the 163,000 bpd refinery, according to the sources.
In a statement, Citgo said another employee found the
worker unconscious near an operating unit at about 9 p.m. on Monday night.
"Emergency responders were called and transported
the employee to an area hospital, where he was subsequently pronounced
dead," the company said in the statement.
It was unclear what caused the worker to fall. He
sustained multiple broken bones and other injuries, the sources said.
Citgo declined to identify the worker pending
notification of his family. The sources also declined to provide the worker's
name and age.
Citgo did not reply to a question about the status of
FCCU, but the sources the unit continued in operation Monday night and was
operating normally on Tuesday morning.
(Reporting by Erwin Seba;
Editing by Lisa Von Ahn and David
Gregorio)