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of plant operations and a major change in the companys global marketing strategy. Union Carbide, once a major institution in the Kanawha Valley, operated the Institute plant from 1946 until it sold the site to Rhone-Poulenc, a French... Published: Friday, April 28, 2017 Words: 786
to take shelter in their homes. The explosion occurred in a unit where Bayer makes methomyl, which it then uses to produce Larvin, the company's brand name of the insecticide thiodicarb. A separate investigation by the Chemical Safety... Published: Saturday, April 24, 2010 Words: 296
Bayer officials had tried to downplay the August 2008 incident, saying no dangerous chemicals were released and there was never a threat to the public. But a CSB investigation later revealed details - about the proximity to an MIC tank... Published: Thursday, January 28, 2010 Words: 397
board to go ahead with its work. But in the last few months, board members - and especially outgoing chairman John Bresland - complained repeatedly about their agency's workload after a number of high-profile industrial accidents. Board... Published: Friday, July 16, 2010 Words: 516
close to a smaller MIC "day tank" and could have created a major disaster. The "day tank" has since been eliminated, and Bayer has said it plans to phase out all manufacture, use and storage of MIC at the Institute facility as part... Published: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 Words: 381
thiodicarb. In March, Bayer agreed to pay $143,000 in fines to settle allegations by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration that the company had poorly planned operating procedures, flawed emergency systems and faulty... Published: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 Words: 529
fatal August 2008 explosion, OSHA found violations of the same safety rules, this time related to the Methomyl unit where that incident occurred. Inspectors said the company had not resolved issues related to the unit's structure and... Published: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Words: 550
in making its products. Generally, inherently safer processes involve using fewer toxic materials or eliminating altogether the use of the most dangerous chemicals. The panel said using inherently safer processes is more complicated... Published: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 Words: 529
to rid the community of the Institute plant's huge stockpile of toxic MIC. Community activists have focused their concerns on MIC since December 1984, when a leak of the chemical killed thousands of people near a Union Carbide plant... Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2011 Words: 468
2008 explosion and fire that killed two workers on repeated safety violations by the company. The explosion did not occur in the MIC unit, but the board said it was dangerously close to a smaller MIC "day tank" and could have created... Published: Saturday, March 05, 2011 Words: 497
