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By the time emergency medical providers reached McBride Operating in Waskom, Texas, a small town near the Louisiana border, it was too late. Pedro Julian Garcia, a father of two, died after being struck by a pump valve at the oilfield waste company on the night of Feb. 6, 2024.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors later found McBride had not adequately trained Garcia. They uncovered a host of other problems, from hazardous extension cords to missing safety paperwork. McBride, headquartered in Longview, paid over $32,000 in fines to OSHA for a dozen workplace safety violations and separately settled a civil lawsuit filed by Garcia’s family.
