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
Feb 06,2017– The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety video of its investigation of the June 13, 2013 explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins Plant in Geismar, Louisiana, which killed two workers and injured an additional 167. The deadly explosion and fire occurred when a heat exchanger containing flammable liquid propane violently … Read more
Nov 6, 2016– The US Chemical Safety Board informed that it has released its Strategic Plan for the years 2017 to 2021. The plan includes an updated mission and vision statement, which will guide the activities and objectives of the CSB. The CSB’s mission to: “Drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people … Read more
April 21, 2016- A massive explosion and toxic vapor cloud were reported from the site of a petrochemicals manufacturing plant which is part of PEMEX in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. The plant is part of Petroquimica Mexicana de Vinilo, or PMV, a vinyl petrochemical plant that is a joint venture between Pemex’s petrochemical unit and a … Read more
LaPorte, TX– In a shocking allegation, a lawyer from Texas, apparently representing the family of one of the victims, has said that the DuPont facility at LaPorte, Texas, where a massive chemical leak of deadly chemical Methyl Mercaptan took place on 15th Nov 2014, did not provide proper working respirators to the workers in the … Read more
