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| Formosa Plastics Vinyl Chloride Explosion |
| Illiopolis, IL, April 23, 2004 |
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| Smoke billows from heavily damaged Formosa Plastics plant following April 23 explosion. Photo: Kevin German/The State Journal-Register. |
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Incident Description
On April 23, 2004, five workers were fatally injured and two others were seriously injured when an explosion occurred in a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) production unit at Formosa Plastics in Illiopolis, Illinois, east of Springfield. The explosion followed a release of highly flammable vinyl chloride, which ignited. The explosion forced a community evacuation and lighted fires that burned for several days at the plant.
Investigation Status
The CSB's final report on this investigation was issued at a news conference in Springfield, Illinois, on March 6, 2007.
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