Authorities were alerted to an accident at an oil refinery plant in Linden, New Jersey, on Jan. 19. When they arrived, they found a 71-year-old worker had fallen into a 6,000 gallon vat filled with mineral oil. He died on the spot. But now the authorities and the company are trying to figure out exactly how and why it happened.
The company, Infineum, released a statement on their website saying: “At Infineum, one of our goals is to maintain a safe workplace, to ensure that workplace hazards are eliminated or mitigated, and to ensure that each individual working at our site is trained to perform his or her daily duties safely.” The company extended their condolences and vowed to do an internal investigation to figure out how to prevent that from ever happening again.
