Scribner Grain & Lumber Caught Venting Toxic Gas TL;DR Scribner Grain & Lumber Company, an agricultural business in Scribner, Nebraska, was caught by the EPA violating the federal Clean Air Act. The company stored more than 10,000 pounds of anhydrous…
Moxba’s Paper-Thin Safety Plan TL;DR Moxba Innovations LLC, a Missouri fertilizer manufacturer, was caught by the EPA operating with more than 10,000 pounds of toxic anhydrous ammonia without following basic federal safety laws. An EPA inspection found the company faked…
(TL;DR): Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. endangered its workers and the community in Sherman, Texas, by neglecting critical safety protocols for handling over 10,000 pounds of hazardous anhydrous ammonia. An accidental chemical release of this highly toxic compound triggered an investigation…
Environmental Enforcement / Industrial Hazards / Clean Air Act Toxic Leak, Pocket Change Fine FGF Brands released a toxic cloud of ammonia at its Indiana bakery, racked up nine separate safety violations, and walked away paying $133,857, less than what…
TL;DR Guida-Seibert Dairy Company in New Britain, CT stored over 11,000 pounds of toxic anhydrous ammonia — enough to kill or seriously injure people for blocks around — while running a facility riddled with safety violations for years. EPA inspectors…
Investigated Chemical Safety Environmental Justice Lineage Logistics Thinks Ammonia Safety Is Optional EvilCorporations.com | Cold Storage. Hot Violations. | Dec. 11, 2025 TL;DR Lineage Logistics LLC, the world’s largest cold-storage company, was cited by the U.S. EPA for violating the…
TL;DR On July 1, 2023, Simmons Prepared Foods released 1,600 pounds of toxic anhydrous ammonia at its Van Buren, Arkansas chicken processing plant, injuring three workers. The EPA found that Simmons failed to use a robust lock-out/tag-out safety mechanism —…
TL;DR A seafood processing company in Gloucester, Massachusetts stored over 8,600 pounds of anhydrous ammonia — a gas that can kill you in minutes — inside a building a quarter-mile from an elementary school, and left safety systems broken, mislabeled,…
$2,400 Fine.Billions in Revenue.Toxic Gas. No Audit. CHS Inc. • Craigmont, Idaho • Clean Air Act Violation • EPA Settlement 2025 TL;DR The Facts CHS Inc., one of the largest agricultural cooperatives in America, stored dangerous quantities of anhydrous ammonia…
TL;DR A private cold storage company in Vineland, New Jersey let its facility rot into a toxic time bomb, packed with nearly 5 tons of flammable, poisonous ammonia gas, then went bankrupt and left the $981,871.27 (enough to fully fund…