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OSHA process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals

January 29, 2018

A series of catastrophic chemical incidents in the 1980s led to OSHA issuing its Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals standard in 1992. The PSM standard establishes a comprehensive management program that integrates technologies, procedures, and management practices.

Survey: Safety, worker shortages are top contractor concerns

October 20, 2017

Improving the safety performance of both employees and contractors was identified as a top priority for driving organization's contractor management goals, according to a recent Contractor Management Survey by ISN, a global leader in contractor and supplier information management.

CSB releases safety video about 2016 ExxonMobil fire in La.

October 17, 2017

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released an eight minute safety video entitled “Fire in Baton Rouge” detailing the agency’s Key Lessons stemming from the 2016 fire at the ExxonMobil Refinery that seriously injured four workers. The video includes a new four minute animation explaining the events leading up to the incident.

Updating valves would have prevented serious ExxonMobil worker injuries

September 20, 2017

Four workers were severely burned at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana last year because the facility operators failed to conduct a safety hazard analysis, according to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), which investigated the incident.

Chem facilities urged to be careful with startups after hurricane

August 28, 2017

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) today issued a Safety Alert urging oil and chemical facilities to take special precautions when restarting in the wake of shutdowns due to Hurricane Harvey.

Cal/OSHA OKs tough new refinery safety regulation

Rule intended to reduce risk of major incidents

May 23, 2017

While regulations on the federal level are being repealed or delayed, the rulemaking process is still going strong at the state level – as demonstrated by California’s approval last week of a tough new oil refinery safety regulation.

CSB IDs cause of 2015 ExxonMobil refinery explosion

May 4, 2017

Process safety management (PSM) failures were behind the 2015 explosion at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, California – an event that raised gas prices in California and cost drivers in the state an estimated $2.4 billion.

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Blood in your food: Injury and death on farms

Jordan Barab

April 14, 2017

There are many metaphors that are commonly used in Washington DC. One of those metaphors is to describe something at “the third rail of politics.” Wikipedia defines “third rail of politics” as “a metaphor for any issue so controversial that it is “charged” and “untouchable” to the extent that any politician or public official who dares to broach the subject will invariably suffer politically.”

New video shows fatal fire, explosion at Williams Olefins Plant

CSB effort includes 3D animation of the blast

January 30, 2017

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a safety video of its investigation of the June 13, 2013 explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins Plant in Geismar, Louisiana, which killed two workers and injured an additional 167. The deadly explosion and fire occurred when a heat exchanger containing flammable liquid propane violently ruptured.