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HUNTSMAN CORP., OLEFINS & OXIDES (O&O) PLANT

Parent: HUNTSMAN CORPORATION · EPA RMP facility · PORT NECHES, TX

HUNTSMAN CORP., OLEFINS & OXIDES (O&O) 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 6 reportable chemical accident(s) on record, causing 0 death(s) and 4 injuries. RMP accidents include toxic/flammable releases, fires, explosions, and reactive incidents.

Accident history

DateTypeDeathsInjuriesEvacuatedCause
1998-08-21Spill010Human error, Improper procedure
1998-08-04Spill010Equipment failure, Improper procedure
1998-07-21Spill010Human error
1997-09-11Gas release000Equipment failure, Human error
1997-01-02Spill010Equipment failure, Human error
1995-04-11Fire000Equipment 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.