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ASHTA Chemicals Incorporated

Parent: ASHTA Chemicals Incorporated · EPA RMP facility · Ashtabula, OH

ASHTA Chemicals Incorporated is regulated under the Clean Air Act Risk Management Program (§112(r)) because it stores or uses hazardous chemicals above threshold quantities. It has 6 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 5 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
1998-09-09Gas release000Equipment failure
1998-08-13Gas release010Human error
1997-12-15Gas release010Equipment failure
1996-09-16Gas release010Equipment failure, Improper procedure
1996-07-10Gas release010Human error, Upset condition
1995-11-02Gas release010Equipment failure, Human 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.