Fire at EnerSys Richmond, Kentucky motive-power battery plant
S3 · 19 Sep 2019 · EnerSys · Richmond, KY, USA
Record
| Company | EnerSys |
| Industry | Energy storage |
| Type(s) | fire |
| Date | 19 Sep 2019 (day precision) |
| Time of day | ~01:45 ET |
| Location | Richmond, KY, USA · EnerSys plant |
| Severity | (recall, enforcement, or fleet-wide fault) |
| Scale | 1 manufacturing facility, ~$46.1M insured loss |
| Confidence | high |
| Verified flag | Cited source on file; not independently re-verified |
Summary
A fire broke out on September 19, 2019 in the battery formation area of EnerSys's Richmond, Kentucky motive-power production facility; no injuries to employees or responders were reported. EnerSys estimated total property/inventory damage and business-interruption costs near $50 million and ultimately collected $46.1 million in insurance claims.
Primary source
Publisher: EnerSys SEC 8-K filing · Retrieved: 2026-09-16
Supporting source rows (1)
| Date | Supporting source row | Publisher | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Sep 2019 | Fire at EnerSys Richmond, Kentucky motive-power battery plant | EnerSys SEC 8-K filing | EnerSys SEC 8-K filing |
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