Incident Report

 

Subject: Vessel Failure Report
Date of Email: Tue 09/11/2004
Report Detail:

On the morning of April 11, 2003, one worker was killed at the D.D. Williamson food additive plant in Louisville, Kentucky, when a process vessel became overpressurized and failed catastrophically. The failure caused a release of aqueous ammonia as well as extensive damage to the plant, which manufactures caramel coloring.

DD Williamson pic
 
Linked documents: Ammonia Tank Catastrophic Failure (PDF Doc.)