April 24, 2013 Waco, Texas– The owner of the West Fertilizer plant that had a deadly explosion and fire last week, that led to something like 14 dead and several injured, is being sued by a person staying in the vicinity, as well as several insurance companies, reports Yahoo news (via Reuters). In the mishap, … Read more
April 24, 2013 Washington DC– The US Chemical Safety Board has postponed today’s scheduled public meeting regarding the Chevron Richmond refinery accident due to its investigators being busy in yet another major accident last week, the West fertilizer plant explosion and fire. The meeting was scheduled for the Board to consider and vote upon the … Read more
April 18, 2013 Washington DC-It seems that the pipeline corrosion that likely was the cause of Chevron’s Richmond refinery fire last year, seems to be present at other refineries too. An investigation by an independent agency working closely with the US Chemical Safety Board(CSB) and OSHA have found evidence of corrosion in the El Segundo … Read more
Aug 25th, 2012– The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released some photos of the recent Chevron refinery fire. If you recollect, Chevron’s Richmond, CA refinery had a huge explosion and fire on 6th Aug 2012, that resulted in catastrophic damage. The CSB is investigating the accident and in the interim, has posted some footage … Read more
March16, 2012, Corpus Christi, TX– The CSB (US Chemical Safety Board) today released an update for the press concerning the status of the ongoing investigation into the hazardous release of Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) at the CITGO refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Johnnie Banks, the CSB lead investigator tasked with the investigation released some details … Read more
