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  January 14, 2008
  Source:  WorkInjury.com, Bakersfield Californian
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Kern County Pipeline WC Case Morphs Into Big PI

What began last year as a horrific work accident in the oil fields of Kern County has now turned into a potentially huge lawsuit against Occidental Petroleum.

Last February, four employees of Production Services Network sustained severe burns when a pipeline ruptured, exploded and caught fire at the Elk Hills site of an Occidental Petroleum field.

Since then, evidence has apparently surfaced from a Cal/OSHA investigation that Occidental was aware of the unsafe condition of its pipeline and that it was in need of repair.

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