OSHA investigating St. Gabriel plant where 37-year-old worker died after hydrofluoric acid exposure

ST. GABRIEL — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into a St. Gabriel chemical plant after a worker died on the job last week.

According to OSHA, they opened an inspection of Mexichem Fluor, which operates the plant through its subsidiary Koura, on Nov. 19, the day after 37-year-old plant worker Jammie Wesley died following exposure to hydrofluoric acid.

Two employees were exposed to the acid, but Wesley died shortly after being taken to the hospital…

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