Bayer CropScience Pesticide Waste Tank Explosion

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Accident Description
Two workers were fatally injured when a waste tank containing the pesticide methomyl violently exploded, damaging a process unit at the Bayer CropScience chemical plant in Institute, West Virginia.

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Investigation Status
The CSB’s final investigation report was reased at a public meeting in Institute, WV on 1.20.2011