Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 6-22-24

NOTE: See here for series background.

Buckeye, AZ – 6-21-24

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

Nitric acid spill during truck loading operations, 200-gal spilled. No injuries or damage were reported.

Not CSB reportable.

Elizabethtown, Ky – 6-25-24

Local news reports: Here, here, and here.

A employee was found dead inside a full chemical storage tank at a car parts manufacturing facility.

Probably not a CSB reportable, unless vapor emissions from the tank caused the individual to fall into the tank.

TRION, Ga – 6-26-24

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

A truck carrying anhydrous ammonia developed leak in transit. Local evacuations, but no injuries or damages reported

Not CSB reportable – would be an NTSB incident.

Matteson, IL – 6-27-24

Local news reports: Here, here, and here.

A train derailment caused leaks of liquified petroleum gas from railcar containing residual materials. No injuries reported. Limited evacuation order still in place.

Not CSB reportable – would be an NTSB incident.