Martinez: Tesoro workers injured in acid spill, second in a month

MARTINEZ — As Tesoro’s Golden Eagle refinery dealt with the second acid spill in less than a month that required hospital treatment for workers, federal chemical safety officials said late Monday that the company had misrepresented to the public the extent of last month’s incident.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said in a written statement that an “eye-opening” Tesoro document indicates that the Feb. 12 mishap resulted in the release of an estimated 84,000 pounds of sulfuric acid — “hardly the minor release that Tesoro has been describing to the public” … more