GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Two oil field companies have been fined nearly $15,000 after a 57-year-old Greeley man died from being exposed to toxic vapors in 2014.
According to the Denver Post, DJ Basin Transport of Greeley agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and Texas-based Gibson Energy LLC will pay a $9,800 fine.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration imposed the fines after John McNulty succumbed while working on a catwalk between storage tanks.
An investigation by federal health officials determined McNulty likely died after inhaling toxic vapors while measuring oil storage tanks.