News Releases

CSB Declares Florida's Failure to Adopt CSB Recommendation on Protecting Public Workers "Unacceptable" Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso asks State to Reconsider Legislation

Jul 18, 2011

CSB Declares Florida's Failure to Adopt CSB Recommendation on Protecting Public Workers "Unacceptable" Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso asks State to Reconsider Legislation

CSB Investigation Finds Three DuPont Accidents in Belle, West Virginia, Resulted from Numerous Safety Deficiencies including Lack of Safe Equipment Design, Ineffective Mechanical Integrity Programs, and Incomplete Investigations of Previous Near Misses

Jul 07, 2011

CSB Investigation Finds Three DuPont Accidents in Belle, West Virginia, Resulted from Numerous Safety Deficiencies including Lack of Safe Equipment Design, Ineffective Mechanical Integrity Programs, and Incomplete Investigations of Previous Near Misses

Statements from News Conference to Release Dupont Investigation for Public Comment 7.7.2011

Jul 07, 2011

Statement from the CSB's News Conference on Hoeganaes Investigation 6.3.2011

Jun 03, 2011

Statement from the CSB's News Conference on Hoeganaes Investigation 6.3.2011

CSB Deploys to a Third Accident at Hoeganaes Corporation Metal Powder Plant in Gallatin, Tennessee

May 27, 2011

CSB Deploys to a Third Accident at Hoeganaes Corporation Metal Powder Plant in Gallatin, Tennessee

Statement by CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Commending Connecticut House of Representatives for Passing Bill Prohibiting Natural Gas Blows at Power Plants

May 20, 2011

Statement by CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Commending Connecticut House of Representatives for Passing Bill Prohibiting Natural Gas Blows at Power Plants

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Continues Investigation of Two Accidents at the Hoeganaes Corporation Facility

May 11, 2011

Nashville, Tennessee, May 11, 2011 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released test results confirming preliminary conclusions that two flash fires which occurred at the Hoeganaes Corporation plant in Gallatin, Tennessee—one fatal—involved the combustion of iron powder which had accumulated throughout the facility and became airborne in combustible concentrations. A flash fire on January 31st killed one worker and seriously burned another. A similar fire occurred on March 29th and caused one injury.

Statement from U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Workers Memorial Day

Apr 28, 2011

Statement from CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Workers' Memorial Day

Statement from U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso on One-Year Anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Accident

Apr 20, 2011

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Investigation Team Deploys to Hawaiian Fireworks Storage Facility Explosion Site; Five Fatally Injured

Apr 14, 2011

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has deployed a four-person team to the site of an explosion in a fireworks storage facility near Honolulu, Hawaii. According to media reports, the incident occurred in a bunker used to store confiscated fireworks at Donaldson Enterprises, Inc. on Friday April 8.

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