May 23, 2011
A former employee of BP Products North America in Texas City, Texas, has filed a suit against BP and its plant manager claiming that he sustained injuries as the result of an on-the-job injury in June 2010, reports The Southeast Texas Record.
The man says that a 40-foot pipe that was suspended overhead hit him and caused injuries to his head and right shoulder when he and some other employees were instructed to move it. The man seeks monetary damages and a jury trial.
The petition reads, “The plaintiff began working as instructed when, suddenly and without warning, the cable sustaining the pipe broke causing the pipe to fall and strike the plaintiff on his head and right shoulder … Unbeknownst to the plaintiff, the area in question posed an unreasonable risk of harm to him and other workers.”
The suit says that the plant manager who controlled BP’s activities should have known that the area posed “an unreasonable risk of harm to the plaintiff and other workers.”
Do you or someone you know think you deserve Texas workers’ compensation as the result of an on-the-job injury? The Texas workers’ compensation lawyers at Terry Bryant Accident & Injury Law may be able to help.
