Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 6-15-24

NOTE: See here for series background.

Town and Country, MO – 6-12-24

Local news reports: Here, and here.

Mercury leaking from a package shut down local postal facility. No injuries reported, no damages reported. There is some interesting political fallout because of expected 7 to 10 day closure of the facility for spill remediation.

Not CSB reportable.

Louisville, KY – 6-13-24

Local news reports: Here, here, and here.

Piping failure resulted in 107-gal leak of sodium bisulfite at chemical manufacturing facility. Plant evacuated. No injuries or damage reported.

Not CSB reportable.

Portaland, OR – 6-18-24

Local news reports: Here, here, and here.

Trailer carrying 120 5-gal propane tanks caught fire on I-5 freeway. No injuries were reported. Trailer and propane tanks were destroyed. Driver left the scene before authorities arrived on scene.

Not CSB reportable – Should be on Week 6-14-24 transportation incident report.

FOND DU LAC, WI – 6-18-24

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

Anhydrous ammonia leak in the compressor room at a milk processing facility. One employee taken to hospital. No report of damages.

Possible CSB reportable if employee was admitted to hospital.