Texas Judge Issues Restraining Orders Over Refinery Death

A Texas district judge issued temporary restraining orders on Tuesday to preserve evidence in the death of a bulldozer operator at Total SA’s Port Arthur, Texas, refinery on Saturday, according to court documents. Thomas Counts, a Kinder Morgan Inc employee, drowned when the bulldozer he was operating in a coker pit at the Total refinery overturned in scalding water early on Saturday, according to law enforcement officials. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department had previously identified the victim as Thomas Courts.