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Nitro chemical plant cited over worker's death
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- AC&S Inc., a Nitro chemical manufacturer, has been cited for 12 serious violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration following a June accident that led to the asphyxiation death of Rex Wilcoxen, one of the company's workers.
According to a news release dated Wednesday, Wilcoxen was sandblasting at the plant using an air hood that was mistakenly hooked up to a nitrogen line. He lost consciousness, OSHA said, and was taken to a Charleston hospital, where he died.
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Nitro chemical plant cited over worker's death
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- AC&S Inc., a Nitro chemical manufacturer, has been cited for 12 serious violations by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration following a June accident that led to the asphyxiation death of Rex Wilcoxen, one of the company's workers.
According to a news release dated Wednesday, Wilcoxen was sandblasting at the plant using an air hood that was mistakenly hooked up to a nitrogen line. He lost consciousness, OSHA said, and was taken to a Charleston hospital, where he died.
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