Sections 311 and 312 of SARA Title III require companies to keep a Hazardous Material Inventory of the chemicals they store at their facility.
I think ground-zero in this incident will start there, and whether they were in compliance, or how this was monitored.
Likely, a heap of environmental and safety laws were not complied with, leading to this explosion. USEPA, OSHA, and a bunch of lawyers will be all over this, and someone's carcass is going to be picked clean. I just hope the owners of the company had insurance.
Incidents like this is why we have the dreaded environmental and safety laws that businesses must comply with.
I think ground-zero in this incident will start there, and whether they were in compliance, or how this was monitored.
Likely, a heap of environmental and safety laws were not complied with, leading to this explosion. USEPA, OSHA, and a bunch of lawyers will be all over this, and someone's carcass is going to be picked clean. I just hope the owners of the company had insurance.
Incidents like this is why we have the dreaded environmental and safety laws that businesses must comply with.