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
Train Derailment in Ohio East Palestine, Ohio-13th Feb 2023- Nearly a week after the huge chemical train derailment accident near East Palestine Ohio occurred, authorities conducted a controlled blast, to prevent a larger explosion from occurring. Meanwhile the fire released huge amounts of hazardous and highly toxic gases into the surrounding atmosphere. These include really … Read more
A free online training course on Hazardous Areas has been launched on the new Abhisam learning portal at https://prettygoodcourses.com The course is in the Abhisam XPRTU style, which means it is composed on text, animations, full voice over and photos that make understanding this subject easy. It consists of three modules, the first two deal … Read more
Washington, D.C., October 24, 2018 – Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, as part of its investigation into the May 2017 Didion Mill explosion, issued “Call to Action: Combustible Dust” to gather comments on the management and control of combustible dust from companies, regulators, inspectors, safety training providers, researchers, unions, and the workers affected by … Read more
September 18, 2017, Washington, D.C. – The US Chemical Safety Board has released a safety bulletin on the November 22, 2016 fire that severely burned four workers at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The fire occurred during maintenance activities when operators inadvertently removed bolts that secured a piece of pressure-containing equipment to a … Read more
