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At 8:30 a.m. local time on September 21, an explosion and combustion accident occurred at the BASF headquarters chemical complex located in Ludwigshafen, Germany, during equipment maintenance operations. Two external contractor employees were burned, and after receiving on-site first aid, the injured were sent to hospital for treatment.
BASF stated that the accident occurred during the plant's maintenance operations. The plant's environmental monitoring vehicles have been conducting continuous monitoring, and the adjacent atmosphere monitoring data shows no abnormalities, with no overuse contaminants detected, and will not result in environmental harm to nearby residents. The police have launched an investigation into the specific result in of this explosion and incineration accident.
Ludwigshafen is BASF's largest global integrated chemical base, with a substantial number of vegetation such as ethylene, acrylic acid, fine chemicals, and medical raw materials concentrated here. As of the announcement discharge, this explosion and incineration accident has not triggered extensive plant shutdowns, and no product force majeure statement has been issued yet.
sector analysts pointed out that this accident was only a regional explosion and incineration during maintenance operations, not an explosion of the main production vegetation, and the immediate impact on chemical supply is limited. The market will focus on tracking whether BASF will suspend maintenance of related vegetation and whether it will issue a supply force majeure to downstream chemicals.
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