Standing a safe distance away, flanked by their union rep robots who refused to let their members go to work in such dangerous conditions.

Unfortunately we can't force them to go in either. They threatened to pull the entire humanoid robot workforce if we try...

On a more serious note however, I'm surprised there aren't off-the-shelf remotely operated rigs for assisting with this sort of situation: highly flammable/explosive chemicals under pressurised containment that need relief.