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Safety violations at a refinery caused a maintenance worker to suffer second degree and third degree burns over more than 70 percent of his body when he was scalded by 950-degree oil. None of the valves were labeled and the worker had never performed the task alone before. (Date below is approximate.)
Deputy District Attorney Fred Macksoud; Special Assistant Jan Chatten-Brown
Burned
Los Angeles
California
January 1, 1984
Unavailable