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Safety
Four die at Indian isocyanate plant
by Jean-François Tremblay
November 14, 2016
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 94, Issue 45
Four workers died at a Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals plant in Dahej, India. In a statement, the company said a gas leak on Nov. 2 caused the deaths at the facility, which produces the polyurethane raw material toluene diisocyanate. The company did not disclose the gas, but Indian media reports said it was phosgene; carbon monoxide is another hazardous gas involved in TDI manufacturing. The accident occurred just a day after another serious incident in India. A blast at a plant operated by Hindustan Insecticides injured 14 people.
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