CSB Releases New Safety Video on 2020 Fire and Toxic Gas Release

At the Bio-Lab Facility in Westlake, Louisiana.

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Fire From the Storm: Chemical Release at Bio-Lab

1/7/2025 7:59:00 PM

A CSB safety video on the investigation into the August 2020 fire and toxic gas release at the Bio-Lab Lake Charles chemical facility in Westlake, Louisiana, that occurred when the facility was severely damaged by Hurricane Laura.

Designed to Fail: Chemical Release at LyondellBasell

7/15/2024 6:08:00 PM

A CSB safety video on the fatal release of acetic acid at the LyondellBasell La Porte Complex in La Porte, Texas, on July 27, 2021, which killed two contract workers.

The Danger of Popcorn Polymer: Incident at the TPC Group Chemical Plant

7/19/2023 4:55:00 PM

About the CSB

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is an independent, nonregulatory federal agency that investigates the root causes of major chemical incidents.

Our mission is to drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people and the environment. The agency was created under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990.

IN THE CSB’S 25-YEAR HISTORY, the agency has deployed to over 170 chemical incidents and issued 1000 recommendations that have led to numerous safety improvements across a wide variety of industries. 

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BP Husky Chemical Release and Fire 

View information on the CSB's final report into a  September 20, 2022, accidental release of flammable chemical chemicals ignited, creating a fire that fatally injured two workers and resulted in substantial property damages at the BP-Husky refinery in Oregon, Ohio.  

 

 

 
 

 

 

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1000

Recommendations

132

Open Recommendations

868

Closed Recommendations

Total %

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