John Merriman Washington, DC, July 9, 2010 — Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso, chairperson and CEO of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said today he was saddened by news of the death of a Colorado welder yesterday while performing what is called “hot work” on a storage tank containing flammables at an environmental remediation company in Englewood, Colorado. … Read more
July 3, 2010 Jaipur, India- The Oil Tank farm here belonging to Indian Oil Corporation, a large Indian government owned oil company had a devastating fire about eight months ago. The reports were posted on this blog at that time. ————————-Advt—————————– For excellent Instrumentation training courses, please click here ————————————————————- The fire had resulted in … Read more
For hazardous area training and gas monitor training, please click here. —————————————————————————– June 28, 2010 Middletown, CT On a 4-1 vote, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board tonight approved urgent safety recommendations to OSHA, NFPA and others. The draft recommendations, which were approved without amendments at a public meeting in Portland, CT, aim to prevent deadly … Read more
June 25, 2010-Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso has been confirmed as the new Chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board. Former Chairman Mr. John Bresland will continue on the board as a member until he completes his five year term. Additionally, Mr. Mark Griffon has been also appointed to the board as a member. A part of … Read more
22nd June, 2010 -Finally, acceding to requests from members of the public and their elected representatives, the US Chemical Safety Board, has agreed to investigate in depth (pun not intended), the circumstances that led to the explosion and sinking of BP’s Transocean Deepwater Horizon and consequent oil spill that has become a national disaster, worse … Read more
