Yesterday, the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) added the Catalyst Refiners Chemical Release investigation to their Current Investigations website. The incident involved the April 22nd, 2026, release of hydrogen sulfide gas during decommissioning activities at the Nitro, WV site. Two employees were killed and five other injured. On April 23rd, 2026 the Board announced that they were opening the investigation. The Board now has nine open investigations.
This delay between announcing the investigation and the listing of the open investigation is not unusual. Presumably, the Board does this to allow the team sufficient time to determine if the formal investigation is worthy of the investment of time and personnel.
I would expect that withing the next couple of weeks, we will be seeing the publication of an investigation update that would provide basic information about the facility and process which resulted in those two deaths. A final report could take a year or more.
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