PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A fire has been reported at the Total Petrochemicals facility in Port Arthur, Texas. Fortunately no injuries have been reported. Company spokeswoman Pat Avery says the fire involved a heavy oil line between a crude unit and a tank farm. She says company firefighters had contained the blaze, which was “95 … Read more
Washington, DC, October 7, 2009 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new nine-minute safety video on the combustible dust explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, which claimed the lives of 14 workers, injured 36, and caused extensive property damage on February 7, 2008. Entitled “Inferno: Dust Explosion … Read more
Last years explosion at Imperial Sugar Company’s Savannah, GA facility was horrendous, as it led to several fatalities and serious injuries of industrial workers. The US Chemical Safety Board investigated this accident and has now released the final investigation report. The US Chemical Safety Board, in its final draft report released on 24th Sep 2009 … Read more
Over 70 people were feared dead and an equal number were missing in one of the world’s worst power plant accidents till date. The unfortunate accident occured at Russia’s largest power plant at Sayano Shushenskaya in Siberia yesterday. The cause of the accident was not immediately clear although there were early reports of a transformer … Read more
The US Chemical Safety Board has released an excellent educational video, that shows the hazards that are present in many manufacturing plants, due to accumulated dust. When we think about explosions and fires, we never think that such incidents could be caused solely by dusts. We normally tend to think that such incidents are caused … Read more
