An explosion rocked a metal processing plant located in Ohio on Monday 20th Feb 2023. The plant is owned by I Schumann & Co. processes metals and alloys and is located in Bedford near Cleveland, OH. What caused the metal plant explosion? It is not clear what caused this massive explosion that could be viewed … Read more
The Aghorn Hydrogen Sulfide accident On October 26, 2019 there was a fatal injury due to a Hydrogen Sulfide accident at the Aghorn Operating Waterflood station in Odessa, Texas. The US Chemical Safety Board was investigating this accident and had released a report about the Hydrogen Sulfide incident, as was reported by us here. The … Read more
Update on Philly Refinery fire. Philadelphia, PA, October 16, 2019 – Today, the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a factual update into the June 21, 2019, explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refinery in Philadelphia. The factual update notes that a pipe elbow, which had corroded to about half the thickness … 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
