VINTON COUNTY, Ohio (WOWK/NEXSTAR) – The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has launched an investigation into the release of toxic gas at Austin Powder Company facilities in Ohio and Tennessee. The company manufactures explosives.
The first incident happened Nov. 24, 2024 at the Austin-owned U.S. Nitrogen facility in the Midway community of Greene County, Tennessee, according to the CSB. Austin Powder released a statement shortly after the gas release, blaming it on a “malfunction” during the start-up of the nitric acid plant.
The second incident happened June 11 at the commercial explosives manufacturing plant near McArthur in Vinton County, Ohio…