The Ohio train wreck On Feb 03, 2023 freight train 32N, operated by Norfolk Southern and carrying a mix of hazardous and non hazardous material, derailed near East Palestine Ohio. This led to a fire and damage to the rail cars that contained Vinyl Chloride. To avoid an uncontrolled explosion of Vinyl Chloride, the authorities … Read more
What happened at the Foundation Foods plant? A liquid Nitrogen leak at a Georgia poultry products plant has killed six people and injured many more, according to various news reports. The plant, part of the Foundation Food Group, was previously known as Prime Pak Foods and is located on 2076 Memorial Park Dr., Gainesville, Ga. … Read more
Bhilai, India– On 9th Oct, 2018 a huge explosion took place at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chattisgarh State, India during a maintenance operation on a gas pipeline. The plant is owned by the Steel Authority of India (SAIL), which is owned by the government. The accident resulted in several fatalities and injuries. (Upto now … Read more
Feb 06,2017– The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety video of its investigation of the June 13, 2013 explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins Plant in Geismar, Louisiana, which killed two workers and injured an additional 167. The deadly explosion and fire occurred when a heat exchanger containing flammable liquid propane violently … Read more
June 5, 2014- Houston– The US Chemical Safety Board has found a design flaw in the Blow Out Preventer (BOP) mechanism used in the BP Deepwater Horizon rig, that most likely led to the accident that became on of the world’s biggest oil spills in history. The worrying fact is that existing BOPs on existing … Read more
