Oil and gas refinery worker sues company for unsafe plant conditions

Oil and gas refinery worker of twenty years, Jose Herrera, was scorched with 550-degree crude oil over 1/3 of his body when a pipe attached to equipment he was working on ruptured. The oil had sprayed over his face, neck, hands and legs while he was harnessed to a scaffolding and couldn't move out of the way. He was left disabled. Herrera and other workers were fronted with a legal and political battle at the state Capitol about wether they should be able to sue a workcite owner they believe to be negligent. Herrera also believes that the refinery owner should be held accountable for unsafe plant conditions that endanger workers. Late this week, Herrera sued Citgo, its parent corporation and another company for what he claims to be their mistakes that caused his injury. Personally, I think that Herrera and the other workers should sue the company for a dangerous work environment. Herrera had been working at the BP Plant in Texas City weeks before an explosion occured killing fifteen. Companies like these should really pay attention to the dangers in their working area because accidents like these occur often seriously injuring and killing multiple people.