L&I Opens Investigation Into Fatal Tank Collapse

The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries opened an investigation into the May 26 Longview chemical tank collapse that killed 11 workers. The agency said now that all missing workers have been recovered from the Nippon Dynawave site, where a tank containing more than 500,000 gallons of caustic solution used to turn wood chips into paper pulp failed, it is investigating to determine whether there were any safety violations connected to the incident. L&I said it has 180 days to complete the inspection and, based on the complexity and scale of this probe, it anticipates usin...