Texas Explosion Lawyer

At around 10 25 p.m. on the night of Thursday, August28^th, an explosion occurred at  a Bayer chemical plant outside of Charleston, West Virginia . As a result of the explosion one worker was killed and another one injured. The Bayer CropScience plant manufactures pesticides.

The worker who was killed in the explosion was identified as Barry Withrow, of Cross Lanes. Barry worked at the plant for more than 20 years. Emergency crews recovered his body between 3 and 4 a.m. on Friday morning. The second employee who was injured was transported to the West Penn Burn Centre in Pittsburgh. That person has not been identified. The explosion occurred in a section of the plant where waste products are treated before disposal.

The unit had been closed for maintenance and was restarted earlier in the week. The chemicals involved in the Bayer plant explosion are methomyl, dimethyl disulfide, methylisobutylketone and hexane.

If you have questions about the legal rights of explosion victims, call the offices of Texas explosion lawyers Williams Kherkher at 866-950-9000.