John Merriman 
The US Industrial Control System Computer Emergency Response Team (ICS CERT) has released an updated report regarding the inner workings of the TRITON / HatMan malware that affected Triconex Safety Instrumented Systems last year, at an unnamed plant (probably in Saudi Arabia as per multiple sources). It now appears that the malware is not a … Read more
Washington, DC, May 2, 2018 – A four-person investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is investigating the scene of the April 26, 2018, explosion at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. The refinery was shutting down in preparation for a five-week maintenance turnaround when the incident occurred. At least 11 … Read more
April 19, 2018– The Valero refinery in Texas City, TX had an explosion and fire in the evening at about 1700 hours, according to multiple sources. However fortunately, no casualties have been reported so far. Now the City of Texas reports that the fire has been contained and there have been no casualties. Ambient air … Read more
Dec 19, 2017– The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration has said that there were 5,190 workplace fatalities in 2016, a 7-percent increase from 2015. The fatal injury rate also increased from 3.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in 2015 to 3.6 in 2016. The data has been sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics … Read more
Oct 16, 2017– Japan’s Kobe Steel scandal continues to generate shocks in the industrial community. If you have not yet heard of it, reports say that Kobe Steel had a huge QA/QC problem of data falsification. In other words, without actually testing the quality or “fitness for use” of different grades of steel, their staff … Read more
