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Location: Nederland, TX
Final Report Released On: 09/28/2022

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: Odessa, TX
Final Report Released On: 05/21/2021

A release of hydrogen sulfide led to the death of one worker as well as a member of the public. 

Location: La Porte, TX
Final Report Released On: 06/25/2019

The accident at DuPont’s facility, located east of Houston, killed four workers and injured a fifth when methyl mercaptan, a toxic chemical used in the company’s insecticide and fu...
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Location: Crosby, TX
Final Report Released On: 05/24/2018

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 ...
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Location: West, TX
Final Report Released On: 01/28/2016
A massive explosion at a fertilizer storage and distribution facility fatally injured twelve volunteer firefighters, two members of the public and caused hundreds of injuries. ...
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Location: Lubbock, TX
Final Report Released On: 10/19/2011
Company: Texas Tech University
An explosion severely injured a graduate student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, in the chemistry department during the handling of a high-energy metal compound, which suddenly detona...
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Location: Houston, TX
Final Report Released On: 01/27/2011
Company: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
On June 11, 2008, one worker was killed and approximately seven others were injured, during a maintenance operation on a heat exchanger. Ammonia overpressured inside the exchanger, causing it to ...
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