Completed Investigations

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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Location: Allentown, PA
Final Report Released On: 02/01/2002
Company: Concept Sciences Inc.
On February 19, 1999, a process vessel containing several hundred pounds of hydroxylamine exploded at the Concept Sciences Inc. production facility near Allentown, Pennsylvania. Employees were di...
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Location: Chesterton, IN
Final Report Released On: 12/06/2001
Company: Bethlehem Steel Corporation
On February 2, 2001, a fire occurred at Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Burns Harbor mill in Chesterton, Indiana. One Bethlehem Steel millwright and one contractor supervisor died. Four Bethlehem S...
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