May 15, 2021– The US Chemical Safety Board will be soon releasing its report into the Hydrogen Sulfide accident release incident at the Aghorn Operating Waterflood Station in Odessa, Texas. The incident occurred on October 26, 2019 and the investigation report was finally adopted by the CSB on May 4, 2021. Very soon the final … 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
March16, 2012, Corpus Christi, TX– The CSB (US Chemical Safety Board) today released an update for the press concerning the status of the ongoing investigation into the hazardous release of Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) at the CITGO refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Johnnie Banks, the CSB lead investigator tasked with the investigation released some details … Read more
UPDATE: Please see the post here for an update on this story Washington, D.C., March 6, 2012 – A seven-person investigation team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the site of an accident reportedly involving the release of hydrofluoric acid (HF) at the CITGO Corpus Christi, Texas alkylation unit. The team … Read more
Washington, DC, March 21, 2011 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new safety video depicting events leading to the August 28, 2008, catastrophic explosion and fire at the Bayer CropScience facility in Institute, WV, that fatally injured two workers. The video is entitled “Fire in the Valley,” a reference to the … Read more
