When he arrived to work, the power was out and the contracting crew were notified of the power outages and there were talks that something may occur, but it was not clear what might happen. After the power kicked back on some black liquid rained out of the flare tower.Some of the liquid got in to people's mouths. The liquid contaminated many workers' clothing and they were asked to give their work shirts to the plant and I believe everyone complied. The plant promised to replace all workers' shirts. The contractors did not know what the black liquid was and the plant operators acted like they did not know either. The contracting company wanted their crew to continue working, but the plant wanted to "find out" what the liquid was. Eventually the contracting crew was let off early because it may take all day to figure out what the chemical was. The plant operator asked if anyone was harmed, if so they needed to speak up now, because they will not be able to make any claims after they leave.
It is obvious that the plant was trying to avoid any liability. They took the workmen's clothes away, acted like they didn't know what the chemicals were, and they wanted the contracting company to get out of there. I hope no health issues come of this...
Wow. that's scary. I think too often when corporations start trying to avoid liability, it is because they know they are liable!
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