Editing Illiopolis, Illinois (section)

==Formosa Plastics==
[[Image:Formosa Plastics plant near Illiopolis Illinois.jpg|thumb|The Formosa Plastics plant near Illiopolis, (only a skeleton crew of maintenance personnel and security workers remain as of May 2009)]]
Borden, Inc constructed a PVC plant west of Illiopolis in 1962 in the industrial area that had been the Sangamon Ordnance Plant. It operated the plant until 1987 when it transferred to Borden Chemicals and Plastics Operating Limited Partnership. Following that company's bankruptcy, the facility was purchased by Formosa Plastics Corporation in 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csb.gov/completed_investigations/docs/FormosaPlasticsIlliopolisReport.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=June 9, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026070131/http://www.csb.gov/completed_investigations/docs/FormosaPlasticsIlliopolisReport.pdf |archive-date=October 26, 2007 }}</ref> On April 24, 2004, the [[Formosa Plastics]] plant (formerly Borden) in Illiopolis exploded, killing five people, injuring others and causing a portion of the town to be evacuated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/04/26/2003138165|title = Explosion at US Formosa Plastics plant kills workers - Taipei Times|date = April 26, 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/93/HR/09300HR0967.htm|title = Hr0967 93Rd General Assembly}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.epa.state.il.us/community-relations/fact-sheets/formosa-plastics/index.html |title=Fact Sheet -Formosa Plastics Corporation Site |access-date=April 16, 2012 |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721074342/http://www.epa.state.il.us/community-relations/fact-sheets/formosa-plastics/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The fire burned for several days and the plant had not reopened as of 2007. On March 6, 2007, the United States [[Chemical Safety Board]] (CSB) released its final report on the incident indicating that an operator bypassed a safety interlock and drained a pressurized reactor instead of an empty one they were in the process of cleaning. The report listed as root causes, that Formosa-IL and Borden Chemical "did not adequately address the potential for human error.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Long |first1=Lisa A. |last2=Lay |first2=James |last3=Leskin |first3=Katherine |last4=McClure |first4=Randy |last5=Smith |first5=Allen |title=Vinyl chloride monomer explosion |journal=Process Safety Progress |date=March 2008 |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=72–79 |doi=10.1002/prs.10233|s2cid=110009677 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=VINYL CHLORIDE MONOMER EXPLOSION |url=https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/20/formosa_il_report.pdf?13838 |publisher=U.S. CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD INVESTIGATION BOARD |access-date=February 20, 2023 |quote=REPORT NO. 2004-10-I-IL}}</ref>