Completed Investigations

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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Location: Delaware City, DE
Final Report Released On: 08/28/2002
Company: Motiva Enterprises

On July 17, 2001, an explosion occurred at the Motiva Enterprises refinery in Delaware City, Delaware. A work crew had been repairing a catwalk above a sulfuric acid storage tank farm when a s...
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Location: Augusta, GA
Final Report Released On: 05/20/2002
Company: BP Amoco
On March 13, 2001, three people were killed as they opened a process vessel containing hot plastic at the BP Amoco Polymers plant in Augusta, Georgia. They were unaware that the vessel was press...
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