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CSB releases safety video about Williams Olefins accident

February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 John Merriman

Feb 06,2017– The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety video of its investigation of the June 13, 2013 explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins Plant in Geismar, Louisiana, which killed two workers and injured an additional 167. The deadly explosion and fire occurred when a heat exchanger containing flammable liquid propane violently […]

CSB releases new video of the Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Accident

October 31, 2014November 3, 2014 John Merriman

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 […]

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CSB releases safety video about Williams Olefins accident

CSB releases new video of the Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Accident

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