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Agriculture Industry Incidents

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has investigated one or more incidents in this industry sector. Each linked page provides the full event sequence, root causes, failed safeguards, and official CSB recommendations for preventing similar incidents.

3 CSB investigations in this database cover the agriculture sector, spanning 1998–2024.


Agriculture Industry Incidents (3)

Incident Date Location Key Hazards
Didion Milling Company Explosion and Fire 05/31/2017 Cambria, WI Dust Explosion, Explosion
West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire 04/17/2013 West, TX Fire, Explosion
Herrig Brothers Farm Propane Tank Explosion 04/09/1998 Albert City, IA Bleve, Explosion

Frequently Involved Hazard Types

Explosion · Fire · Structural Failure · Dust Explosion · Overpressure · Bleve


Most Common Chemicals Involved

Combustible Dust, Grain Dust, Natural Gas, Ammonia, Flammable Gas, Hydrocarbon Vapor


Data sourced from CSB.gov public investigation reports. This site is an independent project not affiliated with the U.S. CSB.