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Arkema Inc. - Houston Plant

Parent: Arkema Inc. · EPA RMP facility · Houston, TX

Arkema Inc. - Houston Plant is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 43 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 3 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
2014-09-19Gas release000
2009-12-24Gas release000
2009-12-24Gas release000
2009-10-28Gas release000Equipment failure
2009-09-01Gas release000Human error
2009-08-28Gas release000
2009-06-27Gas release000
2009-06-22Gas release000
2009-06-15Gas release000Equipment failure
2008-08-21Gas release000
2008-06-01Gas release000Equipment failure
2007-11-19Gas release010Equipment failure
2007-10-05Gas release000Human error
2007-09-28Gas release000
2007-08-27Gas release000
2006-11-28Gas release000Unusual weather
2006-11-21Gas release000
2006-10-09Gas release000Human error
2006-09-15Gas release000
2006-06-16Gas release000
2006-06-09Fire000
2006-06-01Gas release000Equipment failure
2006-05-29Gas release000Human error
2006-05-14Gas release000Equipment failure
2006-04-12Gas release000Equipment failure
2006-04-12Gas release000Equipment failure
2006-04-03Gas release000Equipment failure
2006-03-31Gas release000Equipment failure
2006-03-14Gas release000
2006-02-26Gas release000
2006-02-24Spill010
2005-12-02Gas release000Equipment failure
2005-11-04Gas release000Improper procedure
2005-08-07Gas release000Equipment failure
2005-07-29Gas release000
2005-07-17Gas release000Equipment failure
2005-07-12Gas release000Unusual weather
2005-06-19Gas release000
2005-04-25Gas release000
2005-04-18Gas release000Equipment failure
2005-04-05Gas release010Human error, Improper procedure
2005-02-23Gas release000Equipment failure
2005-01-28Gas release000Human error

About this data

The EPA Risk Management Program (Clean Air Act §112(r)) requires facilities with large quantities of hazardous chemicals to file Risk Management Plans, including a 5-year accident history. EPA keeps this statutorily-public data available only via FOIA / reading rooms; this page mirrors the FOIA'd dataset (institution-level only — no personal contact information).

Source: EPA RMP (FOIA mirror via the Data Liberation Project). License: CC0 1.0.