OSHA: Workers Killed in Rig Fire Lacked FR Clothing

摘要

An Upton County oil rig inferno killed family members Arturo Martinez Sr., Arturo Martinez Jr. and Rogelio Salgado in March 2015 as they worked to install a blowout preventer, which seals, controls and monitors a rig. According to OSHA, the oil well service workers killed in the west Texas rig fire died because of an ignition hazard and lack of flame-retardant clothing. "This is a heartbreaking and senseless case," said Elizabeth Linda Routh, OS-HA's area director in Lubbock. "Though the fines for the serious violations are the maximum amount allowed by law, no dollar amount can ease the loss felt by family and friends."