Designed to Fail: Chemical Release at LyondellBasell

U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (Chemical Safety Board) · July 11, 2024

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Opening card: the date (07/27/2021) and the site identified as the LyondellBasell La Porte complex in La Porte, Texas.

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The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) concluded that a July 27, 2021 acetic-acid release at LyondellBasell's La Porte, Texas complex that sprayed three contract workers and killed two was caused by valve-design vulnerabilities and failures in procedures, training and contractor oversight; the CSB recommended design standard changes and updated company procedures.

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