Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 6-17-23

NOTE: See here for series background.

New Braunfels, TX – 6-19-23

News reports: Here, here, and here.

Anhydrous ammonia leak at meat processing plant. No injuries reported, no damage reported. It is not clear from the reporting whether the facility evacuation was self-initiated or whether instigated by chemical alarms. One of the ‘good’ things about anhydrous ammonia is that it is easily detected by people at very low concentrations. With minimal safety training self-initiated evacuations can be very effective when leaks are not immediately at dangerous levels.

Probably not CSB reportable.

ALACHUA COUNTY, FL – 6-20-23

News reports: Here, here, and here.

Multi-vehicle accident included styrene tanker that overturned and leaked. No injuries reported.

Transportation related, not CSB reportable.

CSB Incident Reporting Database

The CSB still has not done a quarterly update of their Accidental Release Database since January 25^th, 2023.