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Location: Delaware City, DE
Final Report Released On: 05/18/2017
On Sunday, November 29, 2015, an operator at the Delaware City Refining Company’s (DCRC) Kellogg Alkylation Unit suffered second degree burns to his face and neck areas while performing de-invent...
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Location: Delaware City, DE
Final Report Released On: 11/02/2006
Company: Valero

Two contract employees were overcome and fatally injured by nitrogen as they performed maintenance work near a 24-inch opening on the top of a reactor. One of the workers died attempting rescu...
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Location: Delaware City, DE
Final Report Released On: 08/28/2002
Company: Motiva Enterprises

On July 17, 2001, an explosion occurred at the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Delaware City, Delaware. A work crew had been repairing a catwalk above a sulfuric acid storage tank farm when a s...
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