Three Dead in Acid Vapor Leak at Mexico Pemex Plant
Date: 22-Nov-05
Country: MEXICO
Two others were hospitalized after the accident at the plant in Ciudad Madero in Tamaulipas state, across the border from Texas, said Salvador Trevino, director of the state civil protection arm.
"A leak of sulphydric acid began in the battery area. There were three Pemex maintenance workers in the area who lost their lives," he said.
Pemex said in a statement that a hose from a collection tank disconnected and caused the accident, emphasizing that "at no time was there a risk to the civil population or the environment."
Trevino said there was no explosion and Pemex did not ask for help from civil protection emergency workers.
