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Parent: PPG Industries Inc. · EPA RMP facility · Westlake, LA
PPG Industries Inc., Lake Charles 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 10 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 11 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.
| Date | Type | Deaths | Injuries | Evacuated | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-08-20 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Process design failure |
| 2004-07-26 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Human error, Upset condition |
| 2003-06-13 | Gas release | 0 | 2 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 2003-05-02 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 2003-04-27 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 2002-11-21 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Maintenance |
| 2002-05-15 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Human error |
| 2002-03-15 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Human error, Upset condition |
| 2002-03-05 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
| 2001-05-13 | Gas release | 0 | 1 | 0 | Upset condition |
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.