Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Chemical Safety Board Expected To Release Bayer Report
WEST VIRGINIA....
In August 2008, an explosion occurred at the Bayer CropScience Plant in Institute in which the blast and fire claimed the lives of plant workers Barry Withrow, who died at the plant and Bill Oxley, who died six weeks later. The blast was near a container filled with Methyl Isocyanate, the same material that killed thousands when it was leaked in a chemical disaster in Bhopal, India in the 1980s. Bayer CropScience Vice President Steve Hedrick met with Chairman Moure-Eraso, the new chairman of the Chemical Safety Board, Monday and took him on a tour of the Institute plant. Several months ago Bayer CropScience announced plans to reduce MIC inventories at the Institute site. Chairman Moure-Eraso saw those plans during Monday's tour. A final report from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board is expected by the end of August.
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