April 26, 2010
2007 USW Report Warned of More Refinery Accidents

Union Expresses Outrage that Disasters Still Occurring Amid Industry Inaction

(Pittsburgh)—The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that the refinery industry has failed to learn from past disasters and that its 2007 report, Beyond Texas City: The State of Process Safety in the Unionized U.S. Oil Refining Industry is more relevant than ever in light of the April 2 Tesoro explosion and fire that killed five workers and critically injured two others.

October 2, 2009
ESA News Release: [10/02/2009]
Contact Name: Jesse Lawder or Michael Volpe
Phone Number: (202) 693-4659 or (202) 693-3984
Release Number: 09-1199-BOS
U.S. Labor Department notifies former Standard Oil Development Co. employees in New Jersey of new Special Exposure Cohort designation