Exxon Mobil Corp. said a worker was killed Wednesday morning at its refinery in Beaumont, Texas.

"We regret that a contractor was fatally injured in an incident at a unit under maintenance," said Todd Spitler, a company spokesman. "We are greatly saddened by this and express our deepest sympathy to his family and his co-workers."

He said an investigation is looking into the cause of the incident at the 340,000-barrel-a-day refinery, which is located about 80 miles east of Houston.

 

Write to Dan Molinski at dan.molinski@wsj.com

 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

May 11, 2016 11:13 ET (15:13 GMT)

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