On November 13, 2020, a graphite heat exchanger cracked during maintenance activities, releasing gaseous hydrogen chloride (HCl) at the Wacker Polysilicon North America facility in Charleston,...
Tyler Nelson is a Chemical Incident Investigator with the CSB who works to drive chemical safety excellence through independent investigations to protect communities, workers, and the environment. Before joining the CSB, Tyler spent 12 years in various process engineering and process safety roles in energetics manufacturing, chemical process scale-up, semiconductor manufacturing, and conducted regulatory inspections of oil refineries, chemical plants, and ammonia refrigeration facilities. He has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia and holds Certified Safety...Read more
