MOSCOW (MRC) --Three workers have been injured at a West Virginia chemical plant after an apparent release of chlorine gas at the plant, reported U.S.News with reference to officials' statement.
The incident happened Sunday evening at the Westlake Chemical plant, which produces caustic soda and chlorine, news outlets reported. Details of what happened at the Marshall County facility weren't immediately released.
One worker was taken to the hospital by ambulance and two others were transported by personnel at the plant, Marshall County Emergency Management Agency Director Tom Hart said.
Route 2 was closed briefly but has reopened.
Westlake’s plant located in Natrium, West Virginia can produce 409,000 dry metric tonne/year caustic soda and chlorine per year.
As MRC informed earlier, May production of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) in Russia was 112,000 tonnes (100% of the basic substance) versus 101,000 tonnes a month earlier. Russia's overall output of caustic soda totalled 543,000 tonnes in the first five months of 2020, up by 1.4% year on year.
Westlake Chemical Corporation is an international manufacturer and supplier of petrochemicals, polymers and building products with headquarters in Houston, Texas. The company's range of products includes: ethylene, polyethylene, styrene, propylene, chlor-alkali and derivative products, PVC suspension and specialty resins, PVC Compounds, and PVC building products including siding, pipe, fittings and specialty components, windows, fence, deck and film.
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