Fatalities
– Outside operator fatality at the scene
– Second outside operator seriously
burned; died 41 days later at burn center
Consequences
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• Injuries
– Chemical exposure symptoms
reported
• Five Tyler Mountain volunteer
firefighters
• Two Norfolk Southern employees
• One Institute volunteer firefighter
– Friday hospital emergency room
treatment
• One Institute volunteer firefighter
Consequences
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• On site
– New residue treater vessel destroyed
– Process equipment destroyed
– Moderate overpressure damage to
control room and nearby structures