another oil site injury incident

[ensho]

http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/index.php?smp=&lang=eng


Area: USA, State of Pennsylvania, , Philadelphia


Nine workers at Sunoco Inc's 335,000 barrel per day refinery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania were treated for exposure after an acid release Wednesday morning, according to a source familiar with refinery operations. There was no information available on the condition of the workers who were exposed to hydrofluoric acid nor on the impact to production from the refinery. A company spokesman was not immediately available for comment.
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[NMDemDist2]

1. that's a refinery, not a drilling site

the oil industry is dangerous

always has been

[ensho]

2. its an oil site - drilling or not - its not a garden of purple pansies

why do you dicker

[tangent90]

4. What's your point?

??

[KatyMan]

5. Like calling

an accident at a food processing plant a farming accident.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. An armed robbery at a gas station another petroleum incident.

[ensho]

7. not a robbery. perhaps a gas spill? leaking gas into ground?

etc., etc. gas stations are oil sites

[KatyMan]

9. then so is any home

with a garage and a car or lawnmower. Or office building. What's your point?

[tangent90]

11. Or the kitchen around the deep fryer.

:shrug:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Hydrofluoric acid's particularly nasty shit.

Here's hoping they all survive the next 24 hours.

[ensho]

8. indeed

nt

[Greyhound]

10. Any significant exposure always fatal, damn. n/t