20 Dec 2023
Operations were suspended at Omi plant after fatal accident in June, caused by pipe-burst
Tokyo – Denka Corp. has resumed production of chloroprene rubber (CR) at its Omi site in Itoigawa, Niigata, six months after a fatal accident at the facility.
CR production was suspended at the site after one person was killed and two others injured in a pipe-burst incident there on 14 June.
“Based on an order issued by the authorities, we suspended operations of certain related equipment of the chloroprene rubber production facility,” said Denka.
The company has now been notified by the authorities that the suspension order has been lifted, the company added in a 19 Dec statement.
The clearance, said Denka, means the authorities have approved measures taken "to maintain safety and prevent the occurrence of accidents.”
As a result, the Japanese group said production operations at its ‘chloroprene monomer 5MC plant’ were resumed on 18 Dec.
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