(Pemex, 17.Mar.2017) – José Antonio González Anaya, General Director of Petróleos Mexicanos, met with the family members of the workers who were injured in the explosion of the Dispatch Terminal in Salamanca. He visited the family of the worker who is being cared for at the Hospital in Picacho in Mexico City. He reassured all of them that they will continue to receive all the support that they should require as the best possible care.
Together with the governor of Guanajuato, Miguel Márquez Márquez; the senator Carlos Romero Deschamps, General Secretary of the STPRM, and the mayor of Salamanca, Carlos Antonio Arredondo Muñoz, the head of Pemex walked through the filling area of the TAD (Dispatch and Storage Terminal) where the accident occurred.
He ratified the commitment of the company to fully support the investigations currently being made by the Safety, Energy and Enviroment Agency (ASEA, as per its Acronym in Spanish), the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, and the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic, which seek to find the root cause of the accident.
On his part, senator Romero Deschamps also expressed is solidarity and support for the families of the injured workers.
Governor Márquez gave his deepest condolences and highlighted that there has been a close and permanent communication with Pemex regarding all the matters connected to the accident.
Regrettably, two hours after this visit, one of the workers from the private company, who was receiving healthcare at the Regional Hospital in Salamanca, passed away. Pemex expresses its deepest condolences to his family and friends.
The three workers who are currently receiving care at the Pemex Hospital in Picacho in Mexico City, the Regional Hospital in Salamanca, and the Burns Hospital in Salamanca, shall continue to receive appropriate care, and their families will continue receiving the company’s full support.
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