Specializing In Chemical Plant & Refinery Accidents
Hugh Howerton is one of America's top rated attorneys and specializes in chemical plant and refinery explosion and accident cases in Houston, Baytown, Freeport, Texas City, Beaumont and Pasadena
About Hugh Howerton
Voted TOP 100 trials lawyers in Texas by The National Trial Lawyers, an organization composed of the top 100 trial lawyers from each state. Membership is obtained through special invitation and is extended only to those attorneys who exemplify superior qualifications, leadership, reputation, influence, stature, and profile as trial lawyers
"AV" RATED, the best rating awarded for both legal skill and ethics (Less than 5% of all attorneys in America have an "AV" rating)
Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law and Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the National Board of Trial Advocacy
23 years experience winning serious accident cases. All cases are handled personally by Hugh Howerton.
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Causes of Chemical Plant & Refinery Explosions
Inappropriate or poorly designed equipment clearly stands out as a primary cause of many accidents
Poor Maintenance
Inadequate hazard review or process hazards analysis
Runaway batch reaction resulting from a "dump-in" scenario (i.e., failure to control the rate of chemical addition to an exothermic process)
Emergency pressure relief systems not capable of relieving a pressure rise
Failure to identify all reactivity, thermal stability, or explosive hazards.
Failure to lockout/tagout equipment
Inadequate supevision or poorly trained employees
Failure to use Job Safety Analysis or Job Harzard Analysis
Installation of pollution control equipment
Failure to install flame arrestors in the vapor control system
Confining flammable vapors in vent collection systems.
Allowing back pressure to build up in tanks causing tank rupture
Use of inappropriate or poorly designed equipment and valves
Liquid storage tanks that do not have frangible roofs
Failure of process instrumentation to clearly identify unsafe process conditions, pressure or leaks
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Law Offices of Hugh Howerton
13030 Rummel Creek
Houston, Texas 77079
713.984.9848
877.984.9848 (toll free)
Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Serving Texas, Louisiana, Houston Beaumont Orange, Corpus Christi, Port Arthur, Deer Park, Freeport, Lake Charles, Euless, Grover, Pasadena, Laredo, Corpus Christi
