The Ohio train wreck On Feb 03, 2023 freight train 32N, operated by Norfolk Southern and carrying a mix of hazardous and non hazardous material, derailed near East Palestine Ohio. This led to a fire and damage to the rail cars that contained Vinyl Chloride. To avoid an uncontrolled explosion of Vinyl Chloride, the authorities … Read more
May 07, 2020- #VizagGasLeak The coastal city of Vishakapatnam in India, also known as Vizag is the scene of a massive gas leak from a polymer production plant (probably the LG Polymers plant) and reports from mainstream news media report several dead and injured from the vicinity of the plant. It is not clear how … Read more
Washington, DC, August 30, 2016 — After the fatal explosion at the Airgas facility in Florida, an investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the scene. The Airgas facility is located next to the Ascend Performance Materials plant in Cantonment, Florida, outside Pensacola. The facility has a chemical manufacturing plant … Read more
March27,2015– The Chairman of the US Chemical Safety Board, Dr. Rafael Moure Eraso has resigned, according to the CSB website and twitter feed. In a prepared statement Friday morning, Moure-Eraso said, “It has been a privilege to serve the agency since June 2010. My wishes are for the continued success and productivity of the Board.” … Read more
April 19, 2013– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new animated video that shows the sequence of events leading up to the fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery in August 2012 (last year). The fire and its causes were being investigated by the CSB and the video is a result of that analysis … Read more
