On January 19, a Lonza employee was found dead at the chemical plant in Visp. The circumstances of the death have just been clarified by an internal investigation team, assisted by specialists from the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Cantonal Police of Zurich. It is a chain of technical and human causes that caused the escape of a deadly gas containing hydrocyanic acid.
Details from Michael Gsponer – communication manager at Lonza.