Date: May 16, 2022
Location: Evansville, Indiana (USA)
Address: No Details
Type: Dust Fire
Fuel: Plastic Dust
Industry: Plastic Packaging Production
Equipment: Dust Collector
Company: Berry Global
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Berry Global is a plastic packaging manufacturer headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. Founded in 1967, has over 290 facilities facilities and more than 48,000 employees, including supporting manufacturing in Russia with an injection molding site in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
Incident Description:
On May 16, 2022, TriState Homepage reported a dust collector fire at a plastic packaging manufacturer in Evansville, Indiana.
Employees were forced to evacuate. Most of the fire was put out by the time crews arrived.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
TriState Homepage
