02.01.2018
- Led by the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, several non-profit organizations are suing the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for omissions on emissions – more...
06.09.2017
- As the immediate effects of Hurricane Harvey began to wear off, the US subsidiary of French specialty chemicals producer Arkema said it had been able to set fire to the remaining...
09.05.2017
- Failure to follow proper safety standards and worn-out equipment were behind the February 2015 explosion at ExxonMobil’s Torrance refinery in the state of California, the US...
31.03.2017
- With the shock waves from 2016’s most unanticipated events – Brexit and the election of Donald Trump as US president – still reverberating, the earth sometimes seems to be tilting...
24.10.2016
- Deficiencies in Williams’ safety management led to the explosion at its Geismar, Louisiana, olefins plant on Jun. 13, 2013, which killed two employees and injured 167 others, the...
27.07.2015
- On the heels of a highly critical evaluation of DuPont’s safety practices by the US Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA), the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) in a...
17.12.2014
- The US Chemical Safety Board has identified process safety management (PSM) as a key area in which it sees scope for improvement in facilities dealing with chemicals. Appointed by...
28.07.2014
- An investigation by the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) into the massive spill of 4-methylcyclohexyl methanol (MCHM) from a storage tank at the now insolvent Freedom Industries in...
