Petrobras refinery blast injures three workers -union

January 19:

* Workers suffered burns to 10-75 percent of bodies

* Petrobras does not say how refinery output affected

* Company says accident won't hurt supply in Brazil (Adds Petrobras comment, detail about accident and output)

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Three workers were seriously hurt in an explosion on Sunday at Petrobras' 323,000-barrel-a-day Landulpho Alves Refinery (RLAM) outside Salvador, Brazil, the second serious accident at Brazil's second-largest refinery in a week.

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as state-run Petrobras is formally known, said in a Monday statement that the workers were injured during maintenance services at the refinery. They suffered burns to between 10 percent and 75 percent of their bodies and are being treated at a hospital.

Petrobras declined to say if oil processing or fuel output at the plant, one of 14 Petrobras refining facilities in Brazil, was affected by the accident. The company said the accident will not affect fuel supplies to Brazilian consumers.

On Wednesday RLAM suffered a fire in its paraffin unit after a faulty valve at the plant, Petrobras' oldest, leaked kerosene. No one was injured in that event. (Reporting by Jeb Blount; Editing by James Dalgleish and Nick Zieminski)

Source: www.trust.org/item/20150119150017-1a3i1/?