The recent tragedy, which resulted in two deaths and multiple injuries, underscores ongoing safety and communication issues, prompting calls from officials for improved emergency responses. Five months after a hydrogen sulfide leak at the pemex deer park refinery killed two contract workers, the u.s Highways were shut down, and residents in the affected areas reported smelling the noxious gas.
Pemex failed to communicate during toxic leak, authorities say
Incident summary on october 10, 2024, at 4:23 p.m., approximately 27,000 pounds of hydrogen sulfide gas were released during a maintenance activity at the pemex deer park refinery in deer park, texas (figure 1) [1]
The release fatally injured two contract workers
The leak at pemex deer park in october killed two people when approximately 27,000 pounds of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas were released in october. The family of jason scott, a man killed last week during a gas leak at the pemex deer park industrial plant, filed a lawsuit monday against the facility's operators Last month, a pipeline fire that burned for four days forced surrounding neighborhoods to evacuate.
