July 21, 2010, Washington DC– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has come out with its investigation report on the 2009 explosion and fire at the Veolia ES Technical Solutions L.L.C. facility in West Carrollton, Ohio. It calls on the waste management industry the industry to improve safety standards covering —————————Advt——————————— For a practical guide … Read more
July 15- BP has said today that the Deepwater Horizon Macondo oil leak has been finally plugged, after almost 87 days of mayhem. BP says that the well is now fully shut-in and no oil is flowing into the Gulf now. This news has been greeted by cautious optimism in the states bordering the Gulf … Read more
Miami, July 11– A new version of Abhisam Software’s popular e-learning course on Hazardous Area Instrumentation has been released, which covers all the changes that have taken place in the field of hazardous area instrumentation and control especially those related to IEC standards, ATEX regulations and implementing Fieldbus in hazardous areas. This updated training course … Read more
Washington, DC, July 9, 2010 — Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, chairperson and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said today he was saddened by news of the death of a Colorado welder yesterday while performing what is called “hot work” on a storage tank containing flammables at an environmental remediation company in Englewood, Colorado. … Read more
July 3, 2010 Jaipur, India- The Oil Tank farm here belonging to Indian Oil Corporation, a large Indian government owned oil company had a devastating fire about eight months ago. The reports were posted on this blog at that time. ————————-Advt—————————– For excellent Instrumentation training courses, please click here ————————————————————- The fire had resulted in … Read more
