Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 5-2-26

NOTE: See here for series background. 

Port Everglades, FA – 4-28-26  

Local News Report: Here, here, and here. 

There was an anhydrous ammonia leak at a cold-storage facility. On person was transported to local hospital. 

Possible CSB reportable, depending on if the person was admited to the ho 

Miramar, FL – 5-5-26  

Local News Report: Here. 

There was a motor vehicle accident that resulted in the spill of about 20 gallons of bleach. There were no reports of any injuries. 

Not CSB reportable; this was a transportation related incident. 

Duson, LA – 5-5-26  

Local News Report: Here, here, here, and here. 

There was a boron trifluoride (BF3) leak at a chemical manufacturing facility. Ten people were transported to local hospitals for chemical exposure issues. Local evacuation and shelter-in-place orders were issued. 

Probable CSB reportable, depending on if any of the transported individuals were admitted to the hospital. Given the toxicity of BF3, it would be very surprising if no one was admitted. 

NOTE: Honeywell has an excellent BF3 technical/safety manual. 

Chalmette, LA – 5-7-26  

Local News Report: Here, here, here, and here. 

There was an explosion and fire at an oil refinery. No injuries were reported. No evacuations were ordered for the surrounding area. 

Possible CSB reportable, depending on the amount of damage. 

Review – Public ICS Disclosures – Week of 5-2-26 – Part 1

This has been a somewhat busy disclosure week. For Part 1, we have nine vendor disclosures from ABB, Arista (2), Cisco, ifm, Johnson Controls, Palo Alto Networks, Philips, and QNAP. 

Advisories  

ABB Advisory - ABB published an advisory that explains that their System 800xA product comes bundled with Microsoft Edge, but that ABB has not updated the software to include Edge updates. 

Arista Advisory #1 - Arista published an advisory that discusses the Dirty Frag vulnerabilities. 

Arista Advisory #2 - Arista published an advisory that describes an incomplete comparison with missing factors vulnerability in their Arista EOS. 

Cisco Advisory - Cisco published an advisory that describes three vulnerabilities in their IoT Field Network Director. 

Ifm Advisory - CERT-VDE published an advisory that discusses three vulnerabilities in the ifm CR3171 ethernet LTE/GNSS radio modem. 

Johnson Controls Advisory - Johnson Controls published an advisory that discusses an improper access control vulnerability in their Airwall 75 gateway. 

Palo Alto Networks Advisory - PAN published an advisory that describes an out-of-bounds write vulnerability (that is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog) in their PAN-OS product. 

Philips Advisory - Philips published an advisory that discusses the CopyFail vulnerability. 

QNAP Advisory - QNAP published an advisory that discusses the CopyFail vulnerability. QNAP provides lists of affected and unaffected products. 

For more information on these disclosures, including links to 3rd party advisories, researcher reports, and exploits, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/public-ics-disclosures-week-of-5-c51 - subscription required. 

Chemical Transportation Incidents – Week of 4-4-26

 Reporting Background 

See this post for explanation, with the most recent update here (removed from paywall). 

Data from PHMSA’s online database of transportation related chemical incidents that have been reported to the agency. 

Incidents Summary  

• Number of incidents – 509 (468 highway, 36 air, 5 rail, 0 water) 

• Serious incidents – 4 (3 Bulk release, 1 evacuation, 0 injury, 0 death, 0 major artery closed, 2 fire/explosion, 40 no release)  

• Largest container involved – 30,130-gal Railcar {Flammable Liquids, N.O.S.}  Leaking manway seal. 

• Largest amount spilled – 259-gal Tank Truck {Gasoline Includes Gasoline Mixed with Ethyl Alcohol, With Not More Than 10% Alcohol} Overfilled compartment while loading. 

• Total amount reported spilled in all incidents – 3305.7-gal 

NOTE: Links above are to Form 5800.1 for the described incidents. 

Most Interesting Chemical: Butyl Chloride: A water white liquid with a sharp odor. Flash point 20°F. Boiling point 77-78°C (173°F). Density 7.5 lb / gal. Slightly soluble in water. Vapors are heavier than air. Used in the manufacture of a variety of organic chemicals. (Source: CameoChemicals.NOAA.gov).