Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 1-20-24

NOTE: See here for series background.

Tapps Island, WA – 1-22-24

Local News Reports: Here, here and here.

‘Liquid chlorine’ (typically means sodium hypochlorite) spill in ‘pump house’. No injuries or damage reported. One house evacuated.

Not CSB reportable.

Elk Mountain, WY – 1-22-24

Local News Reports: Here.

Single-vehicle tanker truck accident released anhydrous ammonia in a slow leak. Truck driver injured, but probably from accident not the chemical release.

Not CSB reportable because it is a transportation not fixed site incident.