Investigations

Location: Pittsburg County, OK
Incident Occurred On: 01/21/2018
During drilling operations at a gas well in Pittsburg County Oklahoma, a large explosion fatally injured five workers....
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Location: Crosby, TX
Incident Occurred On: 08/29/2017
On August 29, 2017, flooding from Hurricane Harvey disabled the refrigeration system at the Arkema plant in Crosby, TX, which manufactures organic peroxides. The following day people within a 1.5...
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Location: Cambria, WI
Incident Occurred On: 05/31/2017
An explosion killed five workers....
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Location: Barbour County, WV
Incident Occurred On: 05/24/2017
A tank violently exploded while it was being emptied of its contents. ...
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Location: St. Louis , MO
Incident Occurred On: 04/03/2017
A massive steam explosion caused a steel vessel weighing approximately 2,000 pounds to launch itself into the air. The initial explosion killed one worker and critically injured another. The vess...
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Location: Deridder, LA
Incident Occurred On: 02/08/2017
On February 8, 2017, three contractors were fatally injured and seven contractors sustained injuries in an explosion at the Packaging Corporation of America facility in DeRidder, LA. The fatally ...
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Location: Nederland, TX
Incident Occurred On: 08/12/2016
On August 12, 2016, seven workers were injured - three critically - when a flash fire occurred during hot work activities at Sunoco Logistics Partners, a terminal facility in Nederland, Texas....
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Location: Atchison, KS
Final Report Released On: 01/02/2018
On October 21, 2016, a chemical release occurred at the MGPI Processing plant in Atchison, Kansas. MGPI Processing produces distilled spirits and specialty wheat proteins and starches. The rele...
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Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Final Report Released On: 09/18/2017
On November 22, 2016, an isobutane release occurred in the sulfuric acid alkylation unit at the ExxonMobil Refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana which resulted in four serious injuries to workers an...
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Location: Delaware City, DE
Final Report Released On: 05/18/2017
On Sunday, November 29, 2015, an operator at the Delaware City Refining Company’s (DCRC) Kellogg Alkylation Unit suffered second degree burns to his face and neck areas while performing de-invent...
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Location: Charleston, WV
Final Report Released On: 05/11/2017
A leak originating from a storage tank at Freedom Industries contaminated the local water supply leaving hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents without clean drinking water. ...
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Location: Torrance, CA
Final Report Released On: 05/03/2017
A February 18, 2015, explosion in a gasoline processing unit at the ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, CA, led to two workers suffering minor injuries and debris being dispersed into the surroundin...
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Location: Pensacola, FL
Final Report Released On: 04/20/2017
The CSB's final report was released at a news conference in Pensacola, FL on 4/20/2017. ...
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Location: Geismar, LA
Final Report Released On: 10/19/2016
A fire and explosion occurred on Thursday June 13, 2013, which fatally injured two workers at the William Olefins, Inc., plant located in Geismar, Louisiana....
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