Jared Ammons was called “a loving husband, devoted father, dear son and loving brother,” according to the online fundraiser.
LONGVIEW, Wash. — A father who was preparing for an ultrasound of his third child failed to arrive after he was killed Tuesday. One of Nippon Dynawave’s storage tanks implodes in Longview.
Jared Ammons confirmed as one of the victimsHe was called “a loving husband, devoted father, dear son and loving brother,” according to an online fundraiser.
He is survived by his wife and two children. The family also has a third child on the way.
An attorney for the family said Jared went to work early on the day of the implosion so he could accompany his wife, Mackenzie, to her prenatal check-up. When Jared didn’t arrive, Mackenzie went to the appointment with her sister and saw their unborn child for the first time via an ultrasound.
“He went to work early that day so he could leave early to go have his first ultrasound and see his baby. He didn’t go home,” attorney Simeon Osborn said.
Ammons works at the plant where an approximately 600,000-gallon chemical tank containing white liquor, a mixture of sodium hydroxide, sodium sulfide and disodium carbonate used in the papermaking process, imploded around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday, but officials are still working to determine the cause.
Osborne said Jared had told his wife there were “dangerous conditions” at the factory, and more families were coming forward with concerns.
this KING 5 investigators found The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries accused Nippon Dynawave of safety violations four times between 2019 and 2025. They are also actively investigating complaints about ointment on ammonia tanks that were not involved in the implosion.
Earlier this week, US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board It said its team would investigate to “determine how it happened and what steps can be taken to prevent something like this from happening again.”
Nippon Paper Group said in a statement on Wednesday that it “expresses its deepest condolences and heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims.”
A spokesman told a news conference on Wednesday that they would cooperate fully with the investigation.
On Thursday, officials announced that eight workers were confirmed dead and three employees were still missing. Ammons was one of the victims, and his death shocked the small community.
“His death has left an unimaginable trauma in the hearts of everyone who knew him,” organizers wrote.
