Dec 23, 2021– A fire broke out in the Exxon Mobil refinery located in Baytown, TX today, injuring four contract workers who were repairing a pipeline inside the hydrotreater unit. This unit was shutdown earlier this week after a leakage and apparently was being repaired by contract workers. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez, Harris County, tweeted that […]
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Update: May 14, 2021 The Colonial Pipeline operations have been partially restored as of now. However it is still unclear when the pipeline will be fully operational. There are reports from sources that a ransom amount was paid to the attackers after which much of the encrypted data could be restored, but the speed of […]
Continue ReadingWashington, D.C., June 22, 2018 – Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced that Dr. Kristen Kulinowski is now serving as the agency’s Interim Executive Authority following the resignation of Chairperson Vanessa Allen Sutherland. Dr. Kulinowski said, “I am honored to serve in this new capacity. I look forward to working with my fellow board […]
Continue ReadingWashington, DC, May 2, 2018 – A four-person investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is investigating the scene of the April 26, 2018, explosion at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin. The refinery was shutting down in preparation for a five-week maintenance turnaround when the incident occurred. At least 11 […]
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Dec 19, 2017– The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration has said that there were 5,190 workplace fatalities in 2016, a 7-percent increase from 2015. The fatal injury rate also increased from 3.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers in 2015 to 3.6 in 2016. The data has been sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics […]
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