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Records reveal safety complaints, poor maintenance at site of deadly Washington pulp mill disaster
State and federal records show 54 environmental notices and more than a dozen safety complaints before the May tank collapse that killed 11 workers.
- In May, a chemical tank collapsed at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant in Longview, Washington, killing 11 workers in one of the deadliest U.S. workplace accidents in decades.
- The U.S. Chemical and Safety Board reported last week that the company knew the tank was "not fit for continued service" months before the failure, yet continued operating the equipment.
- State records show the Department of Ecology issued 54 environmental violation notices since 2016, fining Nippon Dynawave $41,500, while over $2.4 million in workers' compensation claims were paid for 169 injured employees since 2015.
- Sheri Lynn King, the mother of two brothers killed in the collapse, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Nippon Dynawave alleging the company failed to maintain equipment and implement safety procedures.
- Stephen Kmiotek, a chemical engineering professor at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, called the violations a "red flag" for the company, as state agencies pursue two new investigations into the facility.
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Records reveal safety complaints, poor maintenance at site of deadly Washington pulp mill disaster
A pulp mill in Longview, Washington, where 11 workers died after a chemical tank collapsed in May had a history of safety complaints, poor maintenance and discharges of toxic chemicals.
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