In one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Washington state history, a massive chemical tank containing hundreds of thousands of gallons of highly corrosive “white liquor” ruptured and imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company paper mill early Tuesday morning, killing 11 workers and injuring eight others. The incident took place at approximately 7:15 a.m. local time during a shift change at the facility in Longview, Washington. The tank, which held up to 900,000 gallons of white liquor, a caustic mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in the pulping process to break down wood chips into paper pulp, was roughly 60-90% full at the time of failure. The rupture released a flood of hazardous chemicals across the plant grounds, overturning vehicles, damaging structures,…
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