The United Steelworkers (USW) today urged the oil industry to monitor safety conditions at refinery construction sites in light of yet another death in the industry yesterday of a contractor on the Motiva Enterprises expansion project in Port Arthur, Texas.

The contractor was working for Becon Construction Co., a subsidiary of Bechtel Corp. Counterweights were being put on a crane when the accident occurred about 8:30 a.m. The cause of the incident is being investigated by OSHA ... more