Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 8-26-23

NOTE: See here for series background.

Decatur, IL – 9-10-23

Local news reports: Here, here and here.

Food processing facility explosion and fire. 8 injured, 5 hospitalized.

CSB reportable.

North Platte, NE – 9-14-23

Local news reports: Here, here, here, and here.

Railcar explosion in railyard. The railcar was not moving, so no derailment is involved. No injuries.

Not CSB reportable since this is transportation related incident. NTSB and the FRA would be the investigating agencies.