Massive Cyber attack (Ransomware) hits hospitals and Railways in Europe

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Update 2 (May 15, 2017) : New variants of Wannacry Ransomware continue to attack individuals and organizations. The original version and one updated version were luckily be able to be stopped from spreading, due to a kill switch that was found by a security researcher accidentally. Now victims number in the hundreds of thousands, all … Read more

Nitrous Oxide Explosion at Airgas facility in Florida-CSB released report

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May 01, 2017– On April 20th, 2017 the US Chemical Safety Board released its final report into the August 28, 2016, nitrous oxide explosion at the Airgas manufacturing facility in Cantonment, Florida. The blast killed the only Airgas employee working at the facility that day and heavily damaged the plant, halting its manufacturing of nitrous … Read more

CSB releases safety video about Williams Olefins accident

William Olefins Heat Exchanger accident

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

Major Fire at Chemicals Manufacturing Company in Dahej, Gujarat, India

Dahej Sterling Fire

Feb 06, 2017- A major fire broke out at a chemicals manufacturing company, Sterling Auxiliaries Pvt Ltd on 1st of Feb, 2017. The incident reportedly occurred at the site when packing of finished organic chemical material N – Methylmorpholine in drums was being done. The fire spread rapidly enough and a major part of the … Read more