Plants & Refineries in Texas
- Baytown Refinery (ExxonMobil), Baytown
- Big Spring Refinery (Delek), Big Spring
- Beaumont Refinery (ExxonMobil), Beaumont
- Borger Refinery (WRB Refining LP by Phillips 66/Cenovus), Borger
- Corpus Christi Complex (Flint Hills Resources), Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi Refinery (Citgo), Corpus Christi
- Corpus Christi East & West Refinery (Valero), Corpus Christi
- Deer Park Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Deer Park
- El Paso Refinery (Western Refining), El Paso
- Galveston Bay Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Co.), Texas City
- Houston Refinery (Lyondell), Houston
- Houston Refinery (Valero), Houston
- Independent Refinery (Stratnor), Houston
- McKee Refinery (Valero), Sunray
- Nixon Refinery (Blue Dolphin), Nixon
- Pasadena Refinery (Petrobras), Pasadena
- Port Arthur Refinery (Total), Port Arthur
- Port Arthur Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Port Arthur
- Port Arthur Refinery (Valero), Port Arthur
- San Antonio Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), San Antonio
- Sweeny Refinery (Phillips 66), Sweeny
- Texas City Refinery (Valero), Texas City
- Three Rivers Refinery (Valero), Three Rivers
- Tyler Refinery (Delek), Tyler
$30 Million for Victims of the Williams Olefins Explosion in Geismar
On June 13, 2013, Williams Olefins’ plant in Geismar, LA, exploded, killing 2 workers and injuring 167 more. After the fire was extinguished and the investigation could begin, workers came to Arnold & Itkin for help with their recovery. They knew the company was keeping something from them, and they knew it was going to be a fight. The explosion was caused by a reboiler with a dangerous flaw in its valve design: when the input valve was opened but the output valve was closed, the reboiler tank had no access to its safety release valve. A simple mistake would immediately turn an enormous tank into a pressurized bomb. That’s precisely what happened in June 2013. We started building a case immediately, because in many of these situations, companies know about the risks they expose their workers to well in advance.
What we found was even worse than we expected.
We learned Williams Olefins knew the risk that valve design posed. They had been warned about it years before the plant exploded and had multiple opportunities to fix it. The fix would have cost a few dollars and taken a few minutes. Instead of acting on what their own experts told them, Williams Olefins let the hazard remain because addressing it might have slowed production. Despite all of this, the company refused to take their workers’ claims seriously. Williams allowed the cases to go before a jury and attempted to limit liability to a subsidiary through a “shell game” with corporate responsibility. The jury saw through it, assigning 98% of the blame to Williams and its parent company.
In our first trial, we secured $15.45 million for a group of 4 workers. Williams Olefins believed it was a fluke, but only a few weeks later, we won a second verdict for another 4 workers, this time for $18.5 million. The company was forced to acknowledge their workers’ claims and the cause of the explosion at last.
The Science Behind Chemical Explosions
For a chemical explosion to occur, the materials involved must be capable of generating a large amount of gas very quickly. Often, the chemical acts as an explosive fuel when it contacts oxygen. When poor maintenance leads to gas leaks, those gases can contact a heat source, expand rapidly, and detonate. If a chemical escapes into a hazardous area, it may react with an ignition source and trigger a serious accident. Plant owners who use impure or dirty chemicals compound this risk, as contaminated materials produce larger volumes of dangerous gas.
Chemical explosions require three elements:
- Sudden generation of gas
- Heat
- A dangerous reaction
Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosions
Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosions, or BLEVEs, are among the most dangerous events that can occur at a plant or refinery. A BLEVE happens when a liquid stored in a sealed container begins to boil. As the liquid heats and converts to gas, it expands and builds pressure inside the container. If the pressure exceeds what the container can hold, it fails catastrophically.
The boiling point of any liquid is pressure-dependent. A liquid stored above its normal-pressure boiling temperature is already in a precarious state; if internal pressure spikes high enough, the liquid can flash to vapor instantaneously, causing a BLEVE. Non-flammable substances are not immune; the physics of pressure buildup apply regardless of whether the contents are combustible.
What Causes a BLEVE?
BLEVEs are most commonly triggered by an external heat source such as a nearby fire. When a pressurized container is exposed to that heat, the substance inside expands beyond the container’s capacity. Even tanks engineered to withstand significant pressure have limits, and once those limits are exceeded, failure is rapid and violent.
Top-Rated Plant & Refinery Fire Attorneys
Plants and oil refineries are job sites where disasters of massive proportions are most likely to occur.
Working with volatile chemicals and compounds creates inherent dangers that other industries simply don’t face. When refinery accidents happen, they’re rarely contained. They claim lives and leave workers with injuries that reshape every aspect of their lives, producing extensive property damage and outcomes ranging from severe burns to amputation. Some burn injuries are so catastrophic that they are fatal.
Refinery explosions are so severe because the substances involved are often highly flammable. Take an oil refinery: crude oil is refined through a process called fractioning, which heats a tank to temperatures up to 400 degrees Celsius to separate the oil into its components. If those pipes or the fractioning chamber leak, oil contacts gases and heat, and an uncontrollable fire follows. The same risk exists at a chemical plant, where highly combustible materials require complete containment to operate safely. One leak can produce a massive flame.
Our Plant Explosion Firm Represents Workers Nationwide, Including:
Common Injuries from Plant Explosions & Fires
The injuries sustained in plant and refinery explosions are severe and often fatal. Many result from the physical blast itself. In some cases, the aftermath is just as deadly.
- Burns
The heat created by plant explosions can spike into the thousands of degrees. Exposure to that intensity, compounded by the chemicals present at many plants and refineries, causes severe burns with long-lasting scarring and disfigurement that carries both physical and psychological consequences. - Orthopedic Injuries
This includes injuries to muscles, joints, and ligaments: broken bones, skull fractures, damaged vertebrae, herniated and bulging discs, sprains, and strains. Most of these injuries are sustained in the initial blast. - Lacerations
Victims can suffer severe lacerations from debris falling or exploding outward. Whether a shallow gash or a deep wound, these injuries can be painful and result in permanent scarring. - Acoustic Trauma
Beyond the heat, one of the most dangerous aspects of a plant explosion is the sheer noise. Acoustic trauma can affect anyone near the blast, and noise-induced hearing loss can result from a single exposure that damages the hair cells and auditory nerve, causing damage that is either temporary or permanent. - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is well established as a consequence of traumatic events including plant explosions. Victims can re-experience the trauma at any moment, feel the need to avoid all reminders of the event, experience emotional numbness, or remain in a state of hyperalertness. PTSD is a compensable injury with both emotional and real fiscal consequences. - Smoke Inhalation
When a plant explodes or catches fire, it creates plumes of smoke that settle into surrounding low-lying areas. Inhalation of industrial fire smoke is highly dangerous, capable of causing immediate symptoms and long-term respiratory damage alike. Studies indicate that 50 to 80% of all fire-related deaths result from smoke inhalation rather than burns.
Primary Blast Injuries from Plant Explosions
There are four types of injuries that can result from a blast or explosion, and they apply across military and industrial settings alike. Per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, primary blast injuries result from the over-pressurization force, or blast wave, generated at the moment of detonation. When this wave impacts the body, it causes damage to organs and structures filled with gas.
Common injuries from the over-pressurization wave include:
- Lung Damage: A blast wave can cause a pulmonary contusion, an injury to the lung that causes edema or blood collecting in the alveolar spaces, which can be fatal.
- Pulmonary Contusion: Classified as a blunt lung injury, this condition develops over 24 hours and leads to increased pulmonary vascular resistance.
- Air Embolization: Victims who suffer blast lung damage may develop an air embolism, which occurs when a bubble enters the bloodstream.
- Eye Injuries: Blast injuries frequently affect the eyes. In some cases, the globe of the eye ruptures, leaving a victim in extreme pain or permanently blind.
- Abdominal / Hollow Viscus Injuries: Gas-filled structures such as the stomach are susceptible to primary blast injury. Abdominal organs can rupture, or internal lacerations can result from the force of the blast wave.
- Traumatic Brain Injuries: The blast over-pressurization wave can cause traumatic brain injury without any blunt impact to the head, distinguishing it from the more commonly recognized mechanism of head strike.
Secondary, Tertiary & Quaternary Injuries
- Secondary Injuries result from flying debris and fragments. Explosions damage structures and send heavy or sharp material through the air, causing blunt or penetrating injuries to any part of the body. Eye penetration can lead to permanent blindness, and sharp objects such as nails or metal fragments may cause deep lacerations or injuries requiring surgical removal.
- Tertiary Injuries occur when the blast wind throws the victim. The force can cause people to fall backward and suffer blunt trauma to the head, or fracture a wrist or leg. According to the CDC, tertiary injuries are most commonly fractures and traumatic amputations and can also include closed or open brain injuries.
- Quaternary Injuries are exacerbations of existing conditions or complications, as well as illnesses that develop after exposure to the explosion environment. A person with a heart condition may go into cardiac arrest. Those with asthma may suffer a severe attack. Any condition that develops or worsens as a result of the explosion environment falls into this category.
Understanding the Danger of Ammonia & Toxic Exposure
The full extent of physical damage from a plant explosion isn’t always apparent immediately after the event. Chemical plant explosions can cause internal burns and chemical damage that victims don’t recognize in the moments after the blast. Per the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, overexposure to certain chemicals causes internal burns, cancer, and disfigurement and can damage the respiratory, renal, reproductive, nervous, and immune systems. After an explosion, it’s critical to seek medical evaluation for potential chemical exposure even without obvious symptoms.
Burn Injuries Due to Plant Explosions
Our burn attorneys know how explosion survivors often suffer severe burns from the fuel and volatile chemicals present at chemical plants, oil refineries, and factories throughout Houston and the Gulf Coast. We know how severe burns can push hospital bills into the six- or seven-figure range, driven by the need for high-cost specialists and around-the-clock care. We know how petrochemical companies respond to burn injury claims after plant explosions and how insurers handle these files.
We know because we’ve helped families through this exact situation. We’ve helped those families pursue accountability and seek the funds to cover treatment and keep their households running.
If your loved one suffered a burn injury in a plant explosion, you deserve to know what comes next. Call us so we can review your options and tell you what you need to know.
Types of Burn Injuries
A burn is an injury caused by chemicals, electricity, heat, radiation, or sunlight that damages the body’s tissue.
Burn injuries fall into several categories:
- First-degree burns are mild and usually heal without medical attention. Identifiable by redness, pain, and swelling, they affect only the epidermis and can generally be treated at home by cooling the skin with a moist cloth and covering it with sterile gauze. Unless a large portion of the body is affected, first-degree burns are considered minor.
- Second-degree burns can also typically be treated as minor burns. Running cool (not cold) water over the burn and covering it with a sterile bandage is the standard approach. Over-the-counter pain relievers can help manage discomfort.
- Unlike first- and second-degree burns, third- and fourth-degree burns are serious injuries that won’t heal without medical treatment. Third-degree burns are identifiable by charred or blackened skin. Fourth-degree burns can affect muscle, fat, and bone. When treating major burns, avoid removing clothing that is in contact with the wound, and never immerse a major burn in cold water.
Major burns can result in permanent physical, emotional, and psychological scarring. Burn injuries are also the most costly cause of hospitalization nationwide. Weeks of intensive care and the need for expensive specialists can leave families hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt before healing has even begun.
Hearing Loss & Acoustic Trauma
Hearing loss is a common effect after an explosion, with severity depending on proximity to the blast. The hearing damage caused by an explosion is called acoustic trauma, referring to inner ear mechanisms injured by the overpressure wave and sound intensity.
Understanding Ear Damage
The damage a plant explosion inflicts on your hearing varies by blast intensity and distance.
- External ear damage can be caused by explosion debris rather than the overpressure of the blast itself. The tympanic membrane transmits pressure oscillations using sound waves, and when an explosion occurs, it is displaced as pressure enters the external auditory canal. Depending on the blast, damage may range from minor hemorrhaging to complete membrane perforation.
- Middle ear damage can occur in larger blasts. Lesions affecting the cholesteatoma can harm not only the middle ear but also the temporal bone or skull base.
- Inner ear damage is sometimes less severe, with hearing returning within hours or weeks, though permanent noise-induced hearing loss remains possible.
Symptoms of Acoustic Trauma
Acoustic trauma can affect workers and nearby residents alike. Symptoms of hearing loss after a blast include:
- Total deafness
- Continual ringing in one or both ears
- Difficulty hearing low-intensity sounds
- Muffled sounds
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Per the National Center for PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a recognized mental disorder that follows a traumatic event. While PTSD is often associated with combat veterans, its causes are much broader. Survivors of plant explosions, serious accidents, natural disasters, and terrorist attacks can all develop it, and industrial plant explosions are a documented cause.
Because plant explosions are violent, traumatic events, they often leave survivors with lasting psychological injuries. This can result in symptoms such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Re-experiencing the trauma at any moment
- Feeling the need to avoid all reminders of the event
- The feeling of numbness
- Being “hyperalert” or keyed up
Is PTSD Real? Is It Treatable?
PTSD is a real injury, as compensable as a broken bone or a burn, and it is treatable. Treatment typically involves psychotherapy along with appropriate medication. If you’ve experienced PTSD after a plant explosion, speaking with a plant explosion attorney may be in your best interest. PTSD carries serious emotional distress and real fiscal strain, and you may be able to seek compensation for those damages.
Smoke Inhalation
Smoke is a combination of gases and heated particles produced by burning materials. When those materials include the machines and chemicals stored within an oil plant or refinery, the smoke can be lethal. Breathing in the byproducts of an industrial fire can incapacitate a person’s ability to breathe. Studies suggest that 50 to 80% of all fire-related deaths result from smoke inhalation rather than burns.
The Dangers of Inhaling Smoke
Escaping the immediate disaster of a plant explosion doesn’t guarantee your health and safety. Many serious injuries and fatalities are reported hours or days after the initial incident, and smoke inhalation victims are among those most at risk of delayed complications.
Some symptoms are obvious; others aren’t. Burns on the cornea could be mistaken for minor irritation. An itchy nose or throat might seem like a routine reaction to smoke when it may actually indicate soot inhalation causing swelling of the nasal passageways. As hours and days pass, victims and their families should pay close attention to any warning signs. Headaches and nausea may seem minor but could indicate carbon monoxide poisoning or exposure to chemical asphyxiants.
Changes in skin color, fainting episodes, seizures, and coma can all result from the inhalation of harmful smoke.
Common Causes of Industrial Plant & Refinery Explosions
There is no single cause of plant explosions. Depending on the type of facility, triggers vary widely. In some cases, it begins as a small flame that spreads out of control. In others, employers or employees were negligent in maintaining equipment and machinery, violating OSHA Process Safety Management standards designed specifically to prevent these events.
1) Malfunctioning Equipment
Plants depend entirely on their equipment functioning reliably. When that equipment isn’t maintained, the consequences can be catastrophic, involving anything from boilers and pressure vessels to alarms and storage tanks. Equipment that has weakened or failed can’t keep workers safe.
OSHA has established guidelines for industrial facilities, and employers who fail to follow them can be held liable for resulting injuries. Consider the Williams Olefins plant explosion in Geismar, LA, on June 13, 2013. Our investigation determined the explosion was caused by a catastrophic failure of the plant’s heat exchanger reboiler, rooted in a valve design flaw the company had been warned about years before. In another case, OSHA investigated Connecticut’s Kleen Energy Systems plant after an explosion and found more than 400 safety violations. Both cases show that what appears to be a sudden accident often had known, preventable conditions behind it.
2) Poor Training of Refinery Employees
Inadequate training is another common cause of explosions. Failing to train workers on machinery operation or personal protective equipment violates safety regulations and leaves workers exposed. Employers are responsible for ensuring every employee completes a comprehensive training program covering how to operate machinery, handle and store volatile chemicals, respond to emergencies, and avoid combustion risks.
- Safe work habits and safety guidelines
- Chemical safety hazards
- Basic emergency response training
- Preparing hazardous materials for transport
- Working safely with electrical equipment
- Properly reading warning signs and labels
3) Unseen Corrosion
Metal is continually worn down by the everyday processes of a plant or refinery. When that wear goes unchecked, corrosion sets in. Sometimes it’s visible as discoloration. Other times, it hides in parts of a machine that aren’t easily accessible, subtle enough to evade even trained inspectors. Left undetected, corrosion worsens over time, making the equipment increasingly dangerous until failure becomes inevitable.
4) Dirty & Impure Chemicals
Strict regulations govern the type and quality of chemicals used in plant operations. When impure or dirty chemicals are introduced, they can produce large volumes of dangerous gases, significantly increasing the probability of explosion.
5) Poor Facility Maintenance & Unsafe Working Conditions
Unsafe working conditions cause accidents that could have been avoided. The 2005 BP Texas City refinery explosion stands as one of the worst in U.S. history, and poor facility maintenance and unsafe working conditions were among its primary causes. It set records for both safety violations and subsequent violations for failing to make required improvements after the disaster.
Federal law requires employers to provide workers with proper tools and equipment and to train them on how to inspect equipment and recognize the need for maintenance. Failing to meet that standard creates liability when workers are hurt.
If a refinery isn’t correctly inspected or cleaned, it isn’t safe. A disorganized facility can cause malfunctioning equipment, dangerous work environments, chemical reactions, and leaks or spills that lead to catastrophic accidents.
6) Failure to Follow OSHA Guidelines
OSHA has established strict regulations for industrial workplaces. When those regulations are violated, whether intentionally or through negligence, it is workers who suffer the consequences. OSHA standards require employers to inspect, test, and perform preventative maintenance on equipment, and to document potential hazards in process safety information filings. When these requirements are knowingly ignored, the conditions for a serious explosion are set in place.
- Inspecting, testing, and performing preventative maintenance
- Completing a process safety information (PSI) about potential hazards
Employers who knowingly violate OSHA Process Safety Management standards face not only regulatory fines but heightened civil liability when those violations result in explosions and injuries. Our attorneys know how to use documented violations to build a case against negligent operators. For more on safety processes every plant must follow, see our blog.
Aging Plant Equipment Claims for Explosions & Fires
One of the most persistent causes of plant explosions is aging equipment. Most plants and refineries haven’t been renovated since the 1920s or 1930s. Better materials exist, but installing them would require halting production, and that halt would cost money. So plant owners and managers keep production running, slowly placing enormous stress on equipment that was never designed for today’s output demands. Old processes that have since been proven hazardous often remain in use for the same reason.
As populations grow and cities expand, production demands on legacy equipment increase. That increased pressure creates the conditions for pressurization failures, accelerated corrosion, and fire hazards that make leaks and ignition more likely with every passing year.
According to Kurt Arnold, founding attorney of Arnold & Itkin, many plants have not been updated for half a century, leaving ancient technology still in place. While employers may view this as a shortcut, it endangers workers.
Use of Old, Outdated Equipment in Plants & Refineries
This isn’t a problem limited to the U.S. In 2013, former chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan, condemned the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant for its use of “sub-standard material,” warning that inferior materials were creating serious safety concerns. In the United States and globally, there is growing alarm about the risks of aging equipment in plants and refineries of all kinds, particularly those handling potentially harmful materials.
According to Kurt, that is just not acceptable:
“Most plants have not been updated in 50 or 60 years, and most of the equipment that is used is really old equipment. It’s old technology. It’s things that worked when we otherwise didn’t have new technology available, but for whatever reason most companies have decided not to upgrade their plants and not to build new plants.”
The Consequences of Ignoring Aging Equipment
The Texas City refinery explosion that killed 15 workers and injured 180 in March 2005 was caused by old equipment that failed. The explosion occurred in an isomerization unit where a raffinate splitter had been overfilled with overheated liquid, and one of the most significant contributing factors was the failure of equipment that had been in service for decades.
- Broken alarms
- Thinning pipe
- Falling concrete
- Excessive fumes
In 2013, a Chevron refinery in California’s Bay Area exploded, spreading crude oil and dangerous fumes. The refinery had been operating for over a century, and a pipe that was more than 30 years old and had never been replaced caused the failure. A similar issue had caused a fire at the same facility less than a year before. That is the danger of aging equipment: when a plant isn’t updated or renovated, catastrophic failure can repeat itself.
The BP Texas City Explosion
On March 23, 2005, the BP refinery in Texas City exploded, killing 15 workers and injuring 180 others. At the time, it was the second-largest oil refinery in Texas and the fourth-largest in the nation. The explosion became the center of national controversy as subsequent investigations revealed failure after failure.
- Cost-cutting that led to safety hazards
- Failure to properly invest in safe infrastructure
- Poor corporate oversight
- Lack of focus on safety
- Improper training of employees and operators
- Flawed communication
- Use of outdated equipment
BP faced criminal charges and numerous civil lawsuits from the families of those killed. OSHA assessed the company a record-breaking fine and later issued an even larger one when BP failed to implement required improvements. We worked with several workers injured at that refinery and fought to help them recover financial compensation. Working on that case gave us firsthand knowledge of what happens when corporations place profit over employee safety, and it reinforced why we consider it our duty to stand with the victims of these accidents.
History of Plant Explosions in the U.S.
Plant and refinery explosions are not isolated events. They recur because the conditions that cause them, aging equipment, poor maintenance, and ignored safety warnings, are allowed to persist. Many of the largest industrial disasters in U.S. history trace directly to human behavior and corporate decisions.
- January 2003: On January 29, 2003, the West Pharmaceutical Plant in Kinston, North Carolina, exploded, killing 6 people and injuring 38 others. Investigations determined the most likely cause was a large rubber dust explosion. The plant was heavily criticized for inadequate safety policies, procedures, and communication.
- March 2005: On March 23, 2005, a massive explosion occurred at BP’s refinery in Texas City, TX. Hydrocarbon vapors contacting an ignition source were believed to have caused the blowout. The explosion killed 15 workers and injured 180 others.
- November 2012: On November 6, 2012, an AmeriGas plant suffered a propane explosion in Montgomery County, just east of Conroe, Texas. At least two employees sustained severe burn injuries.
- February 2013: On February 9, 2013, an Air Liquide cylinder plant in La Porte, Texas, exploded during chemical mixing. One worker was killed and one was injured.
- March 2013: Two separate explosions occurred in March 2013. On March 4, an Akzo Nobel polymer chemical plant in Deer Park, TX, went up in flames after spontaneous combustion, leaving at least one worker with serious injuries. On March 7, the American Steel Foundries plant in Granite City, Illinois, exploded after gas caught fire near a grinding machine, sending 10 people to hospitals.
- April 2013: On April 17, 2013, the West Fertilizer Co. plant in West, TX, exploded, injuring more than 100 people and leaving an undetermined number dead or missing. The explosion destroyed a four-block radius around the plant, demolishing 50 to 75 homes.
- June 2013: On June 13, 2013, the Williams Olefins plant in Geismar, LA, exploded, killing 2 workers and injuring 167 more. Our firm represented dozens of workers from the Geismar explosion, fighting to seek the money they needed for medical treatment and their families. Our efforts secured more than $30 million in two dramatic verdicts, followed by confidential settlements. We proved in court that Williams Olefins’ upper management had ignored a known design flaw that put hundreds of workers at risk.
Wrongful Death from Refinery Explosions
When a worker is killed in a plant explosion, the loss is immediate and the financial consequences follow fast. For many families, the deceased was the primary breadwinner. The mortgage, groceries, school tuition, and every other household expense continue even after the paychecks stop. Our wrongful death attorneys help families pursue the financial recovery Texas law allows: lost earning capacity, loss of companionship, mental anguish, loss of household services, and funeral expenses.
Under Texas law, a survival claim can also be filed on behalf of the deceased’s estate to recover damages the person could have claimed had they survived, including pre-death medical expenses, pain and suffering, and lost wages between the explosion and the time of death. In cases where a company knowingly subjected workers to explosion risk, gross negligence findings can support punitive damages on top of compensatory recovery.
Many workplace fatalities from plant explosions are preventable. We help families hold responsible companies accountable, pursuing financial recovery and creating a documented record that can make the workplace safer for those who remain. We handle every wrongful death case on contingency, with no upfront fees.
Helping Victims of Plant Explosions Protect Their Rights
We understand there is likely significant confusion about the process ahead of you. Our plant explosion lawyers have a history of representing explosion victims across the country. We were involved in cases arising from the 2005 explosion at the BP Amoco petrochemical plant in Texas City, as well as the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon.
Talk to a Plant Explosion Lawyer as Soon as Possible: (888) 493-1629
When a plant explosion happens, the company’s insurer starts working immediately to control what victims receive. Evidence can be lost or altered, and early statements can be used against injured workers and their families. Speaking with an experienced plant explosion attorney in Houston quickly can help protect your options and your claim.
We are headquartered in Houston and represent plant explosion clients across Texas, Louisiana, and the nation. Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin are both members of the Inner Circle of Advocates, one of the most selective groups of plaintiff’s trial lawyers in the country, limited to 100 members nationwide. We have earned Tier 1 rankings in Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers in Houston for Personal Injury Litigation for Plaintiffs, and we have helped plant accident victims recover billions, including the workers injured in the 2005 BP Texas City explosion and dozens of workers hurt in the 2013 Geismar plant explosion. We carry all litigation costs, and our clients pay nothing unless we win.
A free consultation costs nothing and lets you understand your options before you decide on next steps. Contact us today for your free, confidential consultation.
