Texas City is home to the second- and third-largest oil refineries in the United States, not to mention a number of gas manufacturing facilities and chemical plants. Thousands of workers put their safety at risk at these plants and refineries, due to the physical nature of the work and the fact that they’re dealing with hazardous and highly flammable substances on a regular basis. As the equipment at these plants gets older and when safety guidelines are not followed to the letter, accidents happen. And these accidents aren’t minor. They have the potential to injure hundreds of workers and claim many lives.