Chemical Incident Reporting – Week of 3-22-25

NOTE: See here for series background.

NARROWS, Va.– 3-20-25

Local News Report: Here, here, and here.

There was an acetic acid release at a chemical manufacturing facility. Six employees were injured, two are being treated with critical injuries at a local hospital. No off-site impacts have been reported.

CSB reportable.

American Fork, UT – 03-19-25

Local News Report: Here, here, and here.

There was a chemical explosion in a storage unit. Reportedly: “Hundreds of gallons of chemicals were being used to break down and extract precious metals.” Two people were injured, one transported to hospital for ‘severe burns’.

Probable CSB reportable. Okay, this was apparently an illegal operation and the ‘owners’ would not reasonably be expected to report the release.