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Ammonia Tank Safety Failures at Longview Mill | Portland News
Another tragedy looms at the Longview paper mill — this time not from the fatal tank explosion of May, but from a glaring safety oversight: Nippon Dynawave was caught without proper inspection records for its ammonia tank, leading to a $2,890 fine. Inspectors found no formal maintenance program despite an employee reporting a broken valve — and managers couldn’t prove they’d inspected the tank or its pipes. This isn’t the first red flag; a separate complaint about a worker falling into a scalding sinkhole was also pending before the deadly May incident. The full probe into that explosion…
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