LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – A problem with a cooking vessel that exploded at a Louisville factory last fall had been documented months before, according to a state investigation into the Givaudan Sense Colour blast.
The Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet report, obtained under an open records request, found that a valve meant to relieve pressure on Cooker 6 gave conflicting readings roughly a year before the November 12, 2024 explosion. No specific date was given.
In that earlier instance, investigators learned, an operator’s screen showed the vent valve was fully open – while, in reality, the device was only 5% open. That same “false communication” between the valve’s physical position and the screen occurred shortly before the deadly rupture at the Clifton factory, the report shows…