UPDATE — Williams has issued a statement on the incident at the Opal gas plant.
The statement follows:
Early morning Sept. 14, the Williams Opal natural gas processing plant in Lincoln County Wyoming reported the death of an employee at its Opal, Wyoming complex.
The cause of the death is under investigation and the appropriate regulatory agencies have been notified. There was no explosion nor fire at the plant and there is no threat to the surrounding area.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and want to express our deepest condolences to his family,” said Dan Kalan, senior operations manager with Williams.
The plant is offline at this time and the site where the death occurred has been secured. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has been notified.
Our top priority right now is to keep the site secure and conduct a thorough investigation, working in coordination with the proper authorities. Counselors have been contacted to be available for Williams employees at the Opal plant.
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Fatality Reported at Williams Plant in Opal
LINCOLN COUNTY — Captain Brian Andrews of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reports that emergency services responded to the Williams Plant in Opal at 2:30 a.m. this morning to a gas leak.
When the gas leak was shut off and the gas dissipated, emergency crews located a worker who was down.
It was determined that they were deceased at the scene, the cause of death is currently under investigation.
Williams will likely do an internal investigation according to Andrews.
The name of the victim has not been released.
