L&I Fines Chemical Processor $479,700 for Exposing Workers to Toxic Gases

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries said it cited a manufacturing company that works with dangerous chemicals for allowing a worker to unload molten sulfur from a rail car without wearing proper respiratory protection. L&I said it fined Two Rivers Terminal $479,700 for seven willful serious violations, seven serious violations and four general violations. Agency inspectors in January found that a worker who had been on top of a rail car fell to the ground after being exposed to hydrogen sulfide, a toxic gas. The worker was not wearing a hydrogen sulfide gas monitor, r...