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Four Companies Cited after Storage Tank Explosion Killed Worker

By OSHA

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 | 0

An investigation by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that two workers – one killed and one critically injured when a storage tank exploded – were unaware that the tank beneath them contained explosive methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. As a result of its investigation of the incident at the Omega Protein plant in Moss Point, Mississippi, on July 28, 2014, OSHA has cited four companies for violations of safety regulations that could have prevented the tragedy, the agency announced in a release. Omega Protein, which produces omega-3 fish oil and spec...

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