A chemical manufacturer in India has been asked to pay to pay $8.37 million for a fire that destroyed a Houston-based pesticides maker's warehouse and offices in Pasadena six years ago.
The fire apparently took place when Chloropyrifos drums were placed were placed in a “hot box” in the Houston company's Pasadena warehouse for melting, based on procedures provided by the manufacturer. However, during the melting process, the contaminated chemicals exploded and caught fire.It appears that the drums contained chloropyrifos contaminated with solvent.
It is quite common in pesticide manufacturing to put a drum in a steam bath or a hot box to melt the drum contents. But as this incident shows, you must understand the dangers before doing it.....
See this article for more details.
No comments:
Post a Comment