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Versum Materials US, LLC. (Hometown)

Parent: Versum Materials US, LLC. · EPA RMP facility · Tamaqua, PA

Versum Materials US, LLC. (Hometown) is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 11 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 8 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
2013-11-28Gas release010
2013-08-05Gas release, Fire000Equipment failure
2013-07-03Gas release000Unsuitable equipment
2013-02-03Gas release, Spill000Overpressurization, Upset condition
2012-10-30Gas release020Human error, Maintenance
2012-10-03Gas release020Improper procedure, Process design failure
2011-12-13Gas release000Equipment failure
2011-09-19Spill000Improper procedure, Unsuitable equipment
2011-02-16Gas release020Equipment failure
2010-11-01Gas release, Spill000Human error
2009-12-09Gas release010Upset condition

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.