The Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas, sitting in Houston, unanimously affirmed the jury’s verdict that International Paper Company (IP) was not liable for large civil penalties as a result of the discharge of dioxin-contaminated paper mill waste. The decision released on October 6, 2016 concerned a plant owned by IP's predecessor in Pasadena [...]
A man was hospitalized yesterday after being burned at an energy facility in Channelview. The 32-year-old man was flown to the hospital by Life Flight after being injured by a steam burn. The plant in Channelview where the man was burnt is next door to Lyondell Basell's facility. The man's condition is unknown at this [...]
A worker at a plant in Deer Park, Texas, suffered burns when liquid splashed on the individual. The incident occurred at the Delta Companies Group plant near the Pasadena Freeway and Tidal Road. According to the company, the worker was transferring a corrosive liquid when the liquid splashed. The employee was taken to the hospital [...]
A four-alarm fire in Houston on Thursday caused the release of hazardous materials as well as fireballs to shoot up in the sky. No injuries were reported at the warehouse. The inferno at A-1 Custom Packaging and Filling started just before 10 a.m. in the Spring Branch neighborhood. Police say that the fire started as [...]
A large fire in southeast Houston overtook the LyondellBasell plant Friday and resulted in a shelter in place order for much of the area. The fire started around 10 a.m. at Houston Refining in a coker unit, which is part of the refining process. The facility is located at 12000 Lawndale. The Houston Fire Department [...]
DuPont is closing a Texas plant where four died in 2014 as a result of a gas leak. The LaPorte, Texas pesticide plant had been idle following the accident. While DuPont wouldn't disclose the number of people who are employed at the LaPorte DuPont facility, they did confirm that positions would be retained for de-commissioning [...]
A Saturday morning refinery explosion injured one at Pasadena Refining Systems, Inc. Officials from the refinery say that the fire began around 10:15 a.m. The victim of the explosion suffered burns on his hands. Area residents near the Pasadena refinery say that they felt a large blast and then saw flames rising from the refinery. [...]
The latest chemical plant explosion in Pasadena, Texas adds to a string of accidents since the DuPont tragedy that occurred a little more than one year ago. In the last 14 months, at least two people have been killed while 18 people have been injured as a result of explosions, leaks and fires at plants [...]
A fire at a container business in Pasadena, Texas, sent two firefighters to the hospital recently. The fire at the container business broke out around 8 p.m. at Schutz Container Systems, which is located at 5000 Underwood. Firefighters had the fire under control about an hour later. Two firefighters were brought to Bayshore Medical Center [...]
Four workers were hurt Friday in an explosion at a chemical plant along the Houston Ship Channel. The explosion happened Friday morning, according to Pasadena police, in the 2500 block of N South Street. SunEdison's spokesman said that the accident involved the company's silicon plant. Pasadena police confirmed that the explosion created no threat to [...]