Nov 09, 2009– The US Chemical Safety Board has released a new safety message regarding the safety of pressure vessel. Improperly installed or modified pressure vessels have led to a number of serious chemical accidents. Eleven states still don’t require adherence to the ASME pressure vessel code! ( And we thought that such negligent behavior … Read more
Washington DC, November 4, 2009 – A six-member team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the scene of today’s explosion and fire at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. According to local officials, the explosion in the diesel hydrotreater unit caused damage to homes in the surrounding area and … Read more
Nov 18 Update: Cause of the accident found out- please click here for the detailed story. This week seems to be the season of refinery accidents. After the Tesoro refinery fire, now we have another one, this time in Puerto Rico. Oct 25, 2009- A large fire that reportedly broke out in the Caribbean Petroleum … Read more
A major fire broke out at the North Star Foods plant in St.Charles, Minn on Friday, April 17, 2009, forcing the evacuation of nearly 3000 residents, reports the Winona Daily News. A huge fire at the meat processing plant with a towering plume of black smoke, visible nearly 10 miles away, caused panic in the … Read more
Recall that there was a large accidental explosion at the Bayer Cropscience facility in Institute, W. Virginia, on Aug 28, 2008. Details of this incident were reported by me in a post on this blog, you can refer it here. Now the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has announced that it will be … Read more
