Exxon Workers Injured, One Killed In Separate Accidents Monday

An oil worker of Exxon Mobil Corporation

was killed and two others were injured at an explosion at a well owned by an Exxon subsidiary in North Dakota, Reuters said citing an Associated Press report on Monday. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-north-dakota-exxon-blast-idUSKCN0Z62BU Johnny Stassinos, 52, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, died Saturday as a result of injuries stemming from the accident at a well site operated by XTO Energy, a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp, the AP reported. Meanwhile, another report from Reuters said a 300-ton crane at a Torrance, California, refinery that Exxon Mobil Corp plans to sell fell onto a portion of a gasoline unit at the plant. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-refinery-operations-exxon-torrance-idUSKCN0Z621P Reuters said three workers escaped with minor injuries as the crane toppled over while lifting a reactor top for the 100,000 barrel per day (bpd) gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) at the 149,500 bpd refinery. In addition, a contract worker at Exxon Mobil's Beaumont refinery recently died in a workplace accident, according to a report on Beaumont Enterprise. http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/news/article/Worker-killed-in-ExxonMobil-refinery-accident-7461748.php The latest accidents rekindled the safety concerns at Exxon plants. The Enterprise recalled a 2013 flash fire during maintenance work at the ExxonMobil refinery injured 12; two later died from severe burns. Enterprise also noted that ExxonMobil was one of three companies fined a combined $45,600 for safety violations leading up to the fire, according to OSHA. Shares of ExxonMobil gained 0.39 percent to $91.49.