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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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St. Charles Refinery Wrongful Death
The family of Rodrigo Rodriguez, a contract worker who was killed in a March 2011 accident at Valero Energy’s St. Charles, Louisiana refinery, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Valero and Rodriguez’s employer, Koch Specialty Plant Services. The lawsuit accuses both companies of gross negligence. Rodriguez died after he was overcome by hydrogen sulfide while performing maintenance on the refinery’s catalytic cracking unit.
- Misconduct Type
- Labor
- Enforcement Agency
- Non-Governmental
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Pending
- Date of Complaint
- 3/18/2011