Honeywell has opened an investigation into an incident Monday night that local officials described as a leak of dangerous hydrogen fluoride and chlorine gas from the company's plant near Geismar.

In October 2021, a Prairieville man and Honeywell employee was killed after a valve failed and leaked hydrofluoric acid on him. The Geismar plant uses hydrogen fluoride in units that make ...

And on Jan. 23, 2023, a heat exchanger ruptured at the Geismar Honeywell facility, resulting in an explosion and the release of approximately 470 kg of hydrogen fluoride and 770 kg of chlorine.

According to the CSB, in 2023, the DOW Chemical Plant in Plaquemine and the Honeywell Chemical Plant in Geismar experienced explosions. Both explosions caused nearby highways to be closed and ...

A new federal report by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found that Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies facility in Geismar had serious, preventable safety ...

Environmental justice indicators within a one mile radius of Honeywell's Geismar plant (US EPA, 2022) People of color in 1 mile proximity of plant: 47 percent; Poverty rate in 1 mile proximity of ...

and in ascension parish, we’re following a plant explosion at west lake in geismar. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS REPORTING THAT NO OFFSITE IMPACTS HAVE HAPPENED. NO FIRE OR INJURIES REPORTED.

GEISMAR, La. — Two people were injured after a reported hydrogen gas explosion at a Chevron plant in Geismar, according to our partners at WBRZ. Both victims were taken to the hospital by Airmed ...

Honeywell has opened an investigation into an incident Monday night that local officials described as a leak of dangerous hydrogen fluoride and chlorine gas from the company's plant near Geismar.