Jan. 23, 2010, Belle, West Virginia: A chemical plant owned and operated by DuPont, an industry safety and health role model, suffered three separate anomalous incidents within 33 hours. The last incident, a phosgene release, proved fatal for one plant employee. The worker, wearing minimal Personal Protective Equipment, was sprayed across the chest and face with 2 pounds of the deadly chemical when it leaked out of a ruptured flex hose. The worker succumbed to the delayed physiological effects of phosgene exposure approximately 32 hours later.