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PEMEX Deer Park Chemical Release
PEMEX Deer Park Chemical Release

Location: Deer Park, TX
Incident Occurred On: 10/10/2024

October 10, 2024, at approximately 4:30 p.m., a hydrogen sulfide release occurred at the PEMEX Deer Park facility’s amine recovery unit while workers were attempting to remove an isolati...
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Bio-Lab Inc. Conyers Fire and Chemical Release
Bio-Lab Inc. Conyers Fire and Chemical Release

Location: Conyers, GA
Incident Occurred On: 09/29/2024

At approximately 5 am on September 29, 2024 the fire department was called to respond to smoke observed at Bio-Lab Inc's Conyers facility. By 6:40 a.m., flames were visibly seen ...
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Cuisine Solutions Ammonia Release
Cuisine Solutions Ammonia Release

Location: Sterling, VA
Incident Occurred On: 07/31/2024

A July 31, 2024, ammonia release at Cuisine Solutions, Inc., a food processing facility in Loudon County, VA led to forty people being evaluated at local hospitals. O...
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TS USA Molten Salt Eruption
TS USA Molten Salt Eruption

Incident Occurred On: 05/30/2024

On May 30, 20254 a worker at a liquid nitriding facility in Chattanooga was fatally injured  following a chemical release/eruption of chemicals from a process...
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Martinez Renewable Fuels Fire
Martinez Renewable Fuels Fire

Location: Martinez, CA
Incident Occurred On: 11/19/2023

The incident involved a fire event at the Hydrodeoxygenation Unit recycle furnace. One operator sustained serious burn injures as a result of the fire.

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Dow Louisiana Operations Explosions
Dow Louisiana Operations Explosions

Location: Plaquemine, LA
Incident Occurred On: 07/14/2023

On July 14, 2023, at approximately 9:15 p.m., multiple explosions occurred in the Dow Louisiana Operations Glycol II Ethylene Oxide Finishing unit in Plaquemine, Louisiana.

This inci...
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Honeywell Geismar Chlorine and Hydrogen Fluoride Releases
Honeywell Geismar Chlorine and Hydrogen Fluoride Releases

Location: Geismar, LA
Incident Occurred On: 01/23/2023

A heat exchanger rupture resulted in the release of hydrogen fluoride (HF) gas, chlorine gas, and various other process fluids. No injurie...
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Completed Investigations

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CSB Safety Study: Remote Isolation of Process Equipment

Study Released On: 07/25/2024

Over the last several years, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has reviewed and investigated numerous incidents where the consequences escalated following a lo...
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BP - Husky Oregon Chemical Release and Fire
BP - Husky Oregon Chemical Release and Fire

Location: Oregon, OH
Final Report Released On: 06/24/2024

At about 6:46 p.m. on September 20, 2022, an accidental release of flamma...
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Wendland 1H Well Fatal Explosion
Wendland 1H Well Fatal Explosion

Location: Burleson County , TX
Final Report Released On: 12/26/2023

On Wednesday, January 29, 2020, a gas well explosion fatally injured three contractors. The gas well was operated by...
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KMCO LLC Fatal Fire and Explosion
KMCO LLC Fatal Fire and Explosion

Location: Crosby, TX
Final Report Released On: 12/21/2023

A fire and explosion at the KMCO custom chemical processing and speciality chemical manufacturing facility caused one fatality and multiple injuries.

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Foundation Food Group Fatal Chemical Release
Foundation Food Group Fatal Chemical Release

Location: Gainesville , GA
Final Report Released On: 12/11/2023

On January 28, 2021, a liquid nitrogen release at the Foundation Food Group’s Prepared Foods Division in Gainesville, GA, lead to 6 fatalities and multiple injuries.

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Didion Milling Company Explosion and Fire
Didion Milling Company Explosion and Fire

Location: Cambria, WI
Final Report Released On: 12/06/2023

On May 31, 2017, combustible dust explosions at the Didion Milling facility in Cambria, Wisconsin, killed five of the 19 employees working on the night of the incident. The other 14 were injur...
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Yenkin-Majestic Resin Plant Vapor Cloud Explosion and Fire
Yenkin-Majestic Resin Plant Vapor Cloud Explosion and Fire

Location: Columbus, OH
Final Report Released On: 11/30/2023

An April 8, 2021, explosion and  fire erupted at the  Yenkin-Majestic paint and OPC Polymers Corporation. One employee was fatally injured and eight we...
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