TEXAS CITY, Texas - The Valero plant where an explosion occurred Thursday has a history of work safety issues, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Texas City officials say all employees were accounted for, and no one was hurt.
OSHA records show in 2009, an employee was killed in a boiler explosion and another was injured. According to the report, the boiler failed, and it was considered an accident. The company was fined $4,500.
In the past three years, there have been two serious injuries reported to OSHA. In 2016, an employee was descending a ladder when he lost his footing falling 12 to 15 feet. The employee sustained a broken left wrist, dislocated his right shoulder and fractured the right side of his face and jaw. Valero was fined $21,000 for serious violations.
In 2015, an employee sustained chemical burns when he was sprayed by caustic when a tubing broke.
At least one other employee died at that location in 1998 after being exposed to hydrogen sulfide without a respirator required by safety standards. The company was fined $24,000 for serious violations.