News Releases

Text of Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso's Speech to the United Steel Workers

Mar 07, 2012

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CSB Develops Policy on Employee Participation in Investigations

Mar 07, 2012

CSB Develops Policy on Employee Participation in Investigations

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CSB Deploys to Investigate Release of Hydrofluoric Acid at CITGO Refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas

Mar 06, 2012

CSB Deploys to CITGO Accident

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CSB Chairperson Moure-Eraso in Lexington (KY) Herald Leader: Nine years after Corbin explosion, still no dust regulations

Feb 19, 2012

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Board Requests Budget of $11,403,000 for Fiscal Year 2013 - Budget will Support Hiring of Chemical Incident Investigators and Continued Production of High Quality Investigative Reports

Feb 14, 2012

Board Requests Budget of $11,403,000 for Fiscal Year 2013 – Budget will Support Hiring of Chemical Incident Investigators and Continued Production of High Quality Investigative Reports

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CSB's FY 2013 Budget Justification

Feb 13, 2012

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Statement from CSB Chairman Moure-Eraso on the Four Year Anniversary of the Catastrophic Imperial Sugar Explosion – Chairman Continues to Encourage Industry to Support a Combustible Dust Standard and Applauds Success of Recommendations

Feb 06, 2012

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CSB Safety Recommendations from Ghent, West Virginia Propane Explosion Largely Adopted, Effecting Life-Saving Change

Jan 27, 2012

Monday, January 30, marks the fifth anniversary of a terrible tragedy that occurred in Ghent, West Virginia – a propane explosion that took the lives of four people and injured six others at a Little General convenience store. The accident occurred as an inexperienced worker attempted to transfer propane from a tank located against an outside wall of the store.

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Statement of CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso on OSHA's Proposal to Include an "Unclassified Hazards" Category in the Current Proposal to Adopt the UN's Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

Jan 11, 2012

Statement of CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso on OSHA's Proposal to Include an "Unclassified Hazards" Category in the Current Proposal to Adopt the UN's Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of Chemicals

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CSB Releases New Safety Video on Three Accidents that Occurred in the Past Year Involving Flash Fires at Hoeganaes Corp. in Gallatin, Tennessee, Killing Five

Jan 05, 2012

Washington DC, January 5, 2012 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new safety video depicting three accidents involving combustible iron dust at the Hoeganaes Corporation in Gallatin, Tennessee.

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