Local News in Brief : Fall Kills Refinery Welder
A welder died Tuesday in a fall from an elevated tank under construction at the Mobil Oil Corp. refinery in Torrance.
Peter J. Foley, 24, of Goleta was pronounced dead at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center after efforts to revive him failed, Torrance Fire Marshal Denny Haas said. Foley suffered an apparent skull fracture after falling about 35 feet, Haas said. The cause of the fall was not known.
Foley was employed by KCI Constructors Inc., the chief contractor on a $200-million project to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions from the Mobil refinery.
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