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DuPont has agreed to pay a $1.3 million fine because it failed to prevent releases of methyl chloride, phosgene, and methanol between 2006 and 2010 at its plant in Belle, W.Va. One worker died as a result of a phosgene leak. The agreement, reached with the Department of Justice and EPA, also commits DuPont to spending $2.3 million on safety enhancements at the plant in addition to the $6.8 million of improvements already made. A 2011 Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board report blasted DuPont for safety lapses leading to the worker’s death in 2010 (C&EN, Oct. 10, 2011, page 34).
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