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
The US Chemical Safety Board has released a video that goes into the root causes of Tesoro’s Anacortes refinery fatal accident, which took place in April 2010. The disaster occurred when a nearly 40 year old heat exchanger ruptured violently during startup of the refinery’s naphta hydrotreater unit. Watch the video below that shows what … Read more
June 5, 2014- Houston– The US Chemical Safety Board has found a design flaw in the Blow Out Preventer (BOP) mechanism used in the BP Deepwater Horizon rig, that most likely led to the accident that became on of the world’s biggest oil spills in history. The worrying fact is that existing BOPs on existing … Read more
May01, 2014– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB for short) today, under the chairmanship of Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso approved a detailed and comprehensive investigation report with critical safety recommendations, concerning the tragic heat exchanger explosion and fire that took seven lives at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes in April 2010. This was done in a … Read more
Jan 13, 2014 Charleston, W.Va– The chemical spillage that occurred on Thursday, 9th Jan 2014 has created a major environmental crisis, with a shortage of potable water. The chemical 4 methyl cyclohexane methanol spilled into the Elk river that supplies potable water to Charleston, which has made the water too toxic for even washing or … Read more
