Completed Investigations

Location: Institute, WV
Final Report Released On: 01/20/2011
Company: Bayer CropScience
Two workers were fatally injured when a waste tank containing the pesticide methomyl violently exploded, damaging a process unit at the Bayer CropScience chemical plant in Institute, West Virgini...
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Location: Georgetown, CO
Final Report Released On: 08/25/2010
Company: Xcel Energy Inc.
On October 2, 2007, five people were killed and three others injured when a fire erupted 1,000 feet underground in a tunnel at Xcel Energy Company's hydroelectric power plant in Georgetown, Color...
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Location: West Carrollton, OH
Final Report Released On: 07/21/2010
Company: Veolia Environmental Services
On May 4, 2009, flammable vapors were suddenly released into the atmosphere. The vapors found an ignition source, leading to an explosion and fire that seriously injured two workers and damaged ...
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Location: Middletown, CT
Final Report Released On: 06/28/2010
Company: Kleen Energy
Six workers were fatally injured during a planned work activity to clean debris from natural gas pipes at Kleen Energy in Middletown, CT. To remove the debris, workers used natural gas at a high ...
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Location: Tomahawk, WI
Final Report Released On: 03/04/2010
Company: Packaging Corporation of America
On July 29, 2008, three workers died and a fourth was injured when an explosion occurred inside an 80-foot-tall storage tank at the Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) corrugated cardboard mil...
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Final Report Released On: 03/04/2010
A safety bulletin warning of the hazards of conducting hot work in a variety of industries and identifying seven key lessons aimed at preventing worker deaths during hot work in and around storag...
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Location: Garner, NC
Final Report Released On: 02/04/2010
Company: ConAgra Foods
On the afternoon of June 9, 2009, 4 workers were fatally injured and dozens of others were injured when an explosion occurred at the ConAgra Foods facility in Garner, North Carolina. ...
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