New Video Shows Emergency Response to Deadly Longview Tank Failure

New video shows emergency response to deadly Longview tank failure

Police body camera and drone footage captures the scene after a chemical spill killed 11 workers at Nippon Dynawave Packaging in Longview.

WA was investigating Longview mill weeks before deadly chemical implosion

A new report reveals that the Longview Nippon Dynawave mill, the site of a chemical implosion which killed 11 workers in May, was under several unrelated investigations by the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.

Records: Ruptured tank at Longview paper mill was being worked on, scheduled for replacement before incident

Employees at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill described the chemical tank in interviews with investigators. One stated it was “not in good working condition.”

Records show ruptured tank at Longview paper mill was being worked on, scheduled for replacement before incident

Numerous employees at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill described a chemical holding tank in need of maintenance or replacement prior to the incident in which 11 workers were killed.