Completed Investigations

Location: Cincinnati, OH
Final Report Released On: 09/17/2003
Company: Environmental Enterprises
On December 11, 2002, one maintenance employee was overcome when he inhaled hydrogen sulfide gas from a waste processing vessel at Environmental Enterprises, a hazardous waste treatment company i...
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Location: Rosharon, TX
Final Report Released On: 09/17/2003
Company: BLSR Operating Ltd.
On January 13, 2003, a vapor cloud fire erupted at the BLSR Operating Ltd. oilfield waste disposal facility near Rosharon, Texas, south of Houston. The fire occurred as two vacuum trucks were del...
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Final Report Released On: 06/25/2003
Every year people are killed by breathing “air” that contains too little oxygen. Because 78 percent of the air we breathe is nitrogen gas, many people assume that nitrogen is not harmful. Howev...
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Location: Festus, MO
Final Report Released On: 05/01/2003
Company: DPC Enterprises
On August 14, 2002, a chlorine transfer hose ruptured during a rail car unloading operation at the DPC Enterprises chlorine repackaging facility near Festus, Missouri. The hose rupture ultimately...
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Location: Brazoria County, TX
Final Report Released On: 03/06/2003
Company: Third Coast Industries
On May 1, 2002, a fire erupted at Third Coast Industries in unincorporated Brazoria County, Texas. The facility, which blended and packaged motor oils and other automotive products, was not desig...
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Location: Pennington, AL
Final Report Released On: 11/20/2002
Company: Georgia Pacific Corp.
On January 16, 2002, highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas leaked from a sewer manway at the Georgia-Pacific Naheola mill in Pennington, Alabama. Several people working near the manway were exposed t...
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Final Report Released On: 10/08/2002

In August 2000, following its investigation of a serious reactive incident at Morton International, the Board initiated a comprehensive review of reactive hazards nationwide. The purpose of th...
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