OSHA Goes Alpha on Omega, Says Welders Unaware of Toxic, Explosive Fumes Until Blast Kills Worker
OSHA cited four companies following a blast that killed a temporary worker and critically injures a second at the Omega Protein plant.
Two temporary workers hired to cut and weld pipes at the Omega Protein plant in Moss Point, Miss., on July 28, 2014, had no idea that the storage tank beneath them contained methane and hydrogen sulfide gases and they had no training about the explosion hazard associated with those gases.
One of the two men found out later as he lay in a hospital with a fractured skull, internal injuries and broken bones. The second, a 25-year-old man named Jerry Taylor, died when the tank exploded.
