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Is there not a thread about the death at West lake?
Posted on 10/5/26 at 3:41 pm
Posted on 10/5/26 at 3:41 pm
Seems like some of you would be there
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:09 pm to X123F45
Damn, two children without a father now.
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Incident Details
• Date & Time: Saturday, October 3, 2026, around 7:44 p.m.
• Location: Westlake Corporation plant (chlorovinyls unit) at 26100 LA-405 in Plaquemine, Iberville Parish.
• Victim: Payton Triche, 31, an operator in the VCM unit who had been with the company for six months and leaves behind two children.
• What Happened: Triche was found unresponsive inside a unit. On-site medical personnel administered first aid before transporting him to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Investigation & Response
• Cause of Death: An autopsy is being performed by the Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office to determine the exact cause.
• Authorities: The Iberville Parish Sheriff's Office and OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) are on-site investigating the incident.
• Company Statement: Westlake Corporation stated they are conducting a thorough internal investigation and cooperating fully with local authorities.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:11 pm to duckblind56
Didn't they have a fatal leak there last year also ?
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:15 pm to medium_okra
Yes. That was due to a Cl leak.
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Employees at the facility were previously exposed to chlorine gas from a seal pot in February 2025, according to an OSHA report.
This post was edited on 10/5/26 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:19 pm to duckblind56
Unfortunately I don’t think victim was the right word here.
Terrible all around but ultimately words matter.
Terrible all around but ultimately words matter.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:20 pm to duckblind56
That was not a fatality.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:29 pm to UlteriorTaco
Go on...
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:36 pm to UlteriorTaco
Correct...bad wording on my part.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:37 pm to GeauxTigers0107
Hasn’t been a fatality in Westlake Plaquemine in a really long time.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 4:59 pm to X123F45
As a former plant operator for DOW Chemicals/ UOP , you running joke was you never died on plant property, pronounced dead at the hospital…….
Posted on 10/5/26 at 5:19 pm to duckblind56
Grapevine says its an N2 asphyxiation event. Not sure if thats true or not.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 6:23 pm to X123F45
Is that the old Georgia Gulf/Axiall plant? I used to work in there fairly often.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 6:40 pm to duckblind56
Westlake laid off a good bit of people in that unit not too long ago
This post was edited on 10/5/26 at 6:41 pm
Posted on 10/5/26 at 6:42 pm to X123F45
Everyone knows that noone is allowed to die at the plant.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 6:44 pm to Ed Osteen
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Westlake laid off a good bit of people in that unit not too long ago
Not true. Unless you mean contractors?
Posted on 10/5/26 at 6:54 pm to UlteriorTaco
Nope, just wrong on my part. Was thinking of VCM in lake Charles and didn’t realize this was in Plaquemine
Posted on 10/5/26 at 7:00 pm to duckblind56
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Employees at the facility were previously exposed to chlorine gas from a seal pot in February 2025
Article says this guy only worked at West Lake for 6 months.
What does the chlorine leak in Feb 2025 have to do with this?
Posted on 10/5/26 at 8:39 pm to Jack Daniel
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What does the chlorine leak in Feb 2025 have to do with this?
It's to throw shade on the plant because capitalism bad. Remember these articles are written by journalism students.
Posted on 10/5/26 at 9:39 pm to heatom2
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Grapevine says its an N2 asphyxiation event. Not sure if thats true or not.
Another grapevine says assault... Could just be loved ones preferring something nefarious to a freak accident...but yeah. Quite a few of them have posted the news is wrong.
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