Port Neches, TX — An employee at the Huntsman Performance Products facility in Port Neches, Texas, was injured in a chemical leak on Thursday, September 18, 2014.
The Port Neches Fire Department responded to the leak at 2701 Spur 136, around 11:30 in the morning, and found that a group of employees was able to contain the leak themselves.
The employee who was injured was treated at the facility before being taken to a local hospital. His name wasn’t released.
A spokesperson for Huntsman said that the chemical leak had no impact outside the facility and that the local community was never in any danger. The nature of the leak is unclear at this point.
Scene of the Accident
Commentary
One of the most common themes in a lot of the cases that our firm handles is carelessness. A lot of cases that involve work accidents, or machinery can typically be traced back to people being careless, cutting corners, and things like that. News reports are a little lacking in detail, so we don’t know exactly what happened here, but I will say that it’s not completely outside the realm of possibility that this wasn’t just some freak accident. Hopefully a few more details about exactly what happened will come out soon, because it’s very possible that someone has some explaining to do.
— Grossman Law Offices
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