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

May 2, 2017John Merriman

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 […]

OSHA fines Carlson Tool for fatality due to machine safety interlock bypass

September 8, 2016John Merriman

August 29,2016– The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has concluded that the bypassing of machine safety interlocks caused the fatality at Carlson Tool & Manufacturing in March 2016, after conducting an investigation. OSHA has issued a citation and a notification of a penalty of about $125,000. According to the citation this incident was not […]

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

OSHA fines Carlson Tool for fatality due to machine safety interlock bypass

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