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A fire at Formosa’s Point Comfort, Texas plant in 2013 resulted in 16 worker hospitalizations. A 2023 vinyl chloride leak at Formosa Baton Rouge was at concentrations more than 50 times OSHA’s ...
Three workers remained hospitalized Oct. 10 after an Oct. 8 accident at a materials plant operated by Formosa Plastics Corp. USA in Baton Rouge, La.
Four workers were injured, two seriously, in an Oct. 8 accident at a materials plant operated by Formosa Plastics Corp. USA in Baton Rouge, La., according to local media reports.
The incident happened around 8:15 p.m. at Formosa Plastics. The Baton Rouge Fire Department said "a compromised cylinder broke" at the plant, our partners reported.
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Four people were rushed to a hospital after being exposed to ammonia at the Formosa Plastics facility in Baton Rouge, officials say. The incident happened Tuesday night ...
The Formosa Plastics complex has been in Baton Rouge since the early 1980s and makes polyvinyl chloride, a key material in consumer plastic products like plumbing pipes and food wrap.
The throw was a cloth bag that read “Say No to Formosa” — referring to the chemical company Formosa Plastics, ... which is located in “Cancer Alley,” an industry-heavy 85-mile corridor located between ...
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