Health and Safety lawsuit: La Porte company sued for deadly chemical exposure

Company is sued for negligence after
worker allegedly died of chemical exposure.

In a short report published by Ultimate Pasadena, the family members of a man who allegedly died after being exposed to toxic chemicals has filed a claim against the company in La Porte.

The claim cites negligence in the event, when the man was asked to clean a tanker truck and moments later was found unconscious inside the truck. He was rushed to the hospital where he died the next day.

While the company may have thought it was a benign chemical in the tanker truck, the lawsuit alleges that it actually contained the hazardous chemical Styrofoam RS 2030 Polyol, which causes anesthetic effects and reduces oxygen available for breathing.

The family members are asking for wrongful death damages and court costs.

For more details, read the report here.

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