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Exxon Chemical Company- Baton Rouge Plastics Plant

Parent: Exxon Chemical Company · EPA RMP facility · Baton Rouge, LA

Exxon Chemical Company- Baton Rouge Plastics 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 2 reportable chemical accident(s) on record. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
1996-09-16Gas release, Fire000Human error, Improper procedure
1995-12-25Gas release, Fire000Equipment failure, Upset 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.