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US Magnesium LLC

Parent: The Renco Group Inc. · EPA RMP facility · Rowley, UT

US Magnesium LLC is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 12 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 14 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
2016-10-16Gas release010Equipment failure, Overpressurization
2014-07-14Gas release010Human error
2012-06-04Gas release010Bypass condition, Unusual weather
2010-03-30Gas release010Upset condition, Unusual weather
2009-05-22Gas release010Human error, Overpressurization
2008-11-19Gas release010Human error, Maintenance
2008-08-26Gas release010Management error
2007-12-16Gas release020Human error, Maintenance
2007-07-16Gas release010Equipment failure, Human error
2007-03-15Gas release020Human error, Improper procedure
2005-09-29Gas release010Human error, Improper procedure
2005-05-10Gas release010Maintenance

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.