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The explosion of a nitrous oxide tanker truck at the Airgas manufacturing facility in Cantonment, Florida, was likely a result of inadequate safety measures at the facility, according to a newly released report by the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The August 2016 explosion killed the tanker driver and heavily damaged the facility, halting nitrous oxide production indefinitely....
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries has filed a federal lawsuit alleging that French gas supplier Air Liquide is responsible for more than $100 million in damages and losses after an explosion at its plant in El Dorado, Arkansas. The lawsuit accuses Air Liquide of negligence for failing to properly maintain oxygen pipes at the nitric acid plant, which was destroyed in a large explosion in May 2012. ...
One person was killed and another is in critical condition from an explosion at an industrial gas facility on February 9 in La Porte, Texas. Air Liquide, which operates the facility, said between 15 and 20 staff were on site when the explosion occurred. Witnesses heard several explosions at the plant, and the ensuing fire caused smoke to drift over the nearby city of Pasadena....