The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) will hold a public meeting on Thursday in Buffalo, New York, to present the findings from its investigation of a flammable vapor explosion on November 9, 2010, at the E.I DuPont de Nemours and Co. Inc. chemical plant in Buffalo.
The CSB has released its latest compilation of safety videos entitled “Safety Videos Volume 2” which includes, “Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont” detailing three accidents over a 33 – hour period at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV; “Experimenting with Danger” which focuses on the hazards associated with conducting research at chemical laboratories in academic institutions; and “Iron in the Fire” which discusses three iron dust fires that occurred in 2011 at the Hoeganaes plant in Gallatin, TN.
A safety specialist who was penalized after helping a worker file a safety complaint with OSHA is the subject of legal action by one federal agency against another.
2009 incident at same site caused fire, worker injuries
March 7, 2012
A seven-person investigation team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has arrived at the site of an accident reportedly involving the release of hydrofluoric acid (HF) at the CITGO Corpus Christi, Texas alkylation unit.
A former Massey Energy security director was sentenced to 36 months in jail on Wednesday for making a false statement and obstructing a government investigation into the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster.
Based on the results of an investigative report into a double fatality at Stobie Mine in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada the United Steelworkers union (USW) is calling on the provincial government to bring criminal charges against officials and management of Vale, the mine's owner, and against the company itself.
New rules adopted Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the disclosure of company safety information will affect mine operators as well as the financial industry, according to an AFL-CIO blog post.
Report cites unsafe equipment, failure to investigate near misses
September 22, 2011
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released its final report on a series of three accidents that occurred over a 33-hour period on January 22 and 23, 2010, at the DuPont Corporation’s Belle, West Virginia, chemical manufacturing plant – including a fatal release of deadly phosgene gas, which was used as a chemical weapon in World War One.
A corporate officer fired because he refused to manipulate sales figures will be reinstated and get $500,000 in back pay and costs after his former employer was found by OSHA to be in violation of the whistleblower protection act.