HOUSTON A worker claims he suffered damage to his lungs after exposure to contaminated fuel being transferred into a tank at Dalhart Municipal Airport.
Jerry Thomas filed a complaint March 29 in Harris County District Court against United Petroleum Transports Inc., and Gregmar Inc., alleging negligence.
According to Thomas complaint, an United Petroleum Transports Driver hit a 7,800-gallon tank that caused damage to a 14,000-gallon fuel tank at Larsen Aviation located at the Dalhart Municipal Airport.
Thomas alleges that United Petroleum Transports brought contaminated fuel to Larsen Aviation and did not have the proper coupling to transfer the fuel to a temporary tank. He further alleges that during the transferring of the contaminated fuel, it vaporized into an aerosol and caused him to breathe poisonous fumes. Thomas claims he inhaled toxic chemicals that resulted in respiratory impairment as well as lung damage and that he began to vomit and had to be taken by amb