Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 12-28-24

NOTE: See here for series background.

Clovis, NM – 12-30-24

Local News Report: Here, here, here, and here.

There was a chemical spill at a cheese manufacturing facility which resulted in the mixture of an acid and ‘chlorine’ (most likely a bleach cleaning solution). The reaction produced chlorine gas. 20 people were transported to local hospitals. At least four were reported admitted to one hospital for observation. Two others were reported in critical condition at another hospital.

 

CSB reportable.