News Releases

Statement from Carolyn W. Merritt, Chairman and CEO, U.S. Chemical Safety Board, on the Release of the BP Refineries Independent Safety Review Panel Report

Jan 16, 2007

CSB Releases Findings from Fatal Daytona Beach Wastewater Plant Explosion Investigation at Public Meeting; Cites Inadequate Engineering, Lack of Public Worker Safety Coverage

Dec 14, 2006

Daytona Beach, FL, December 14, 2006 - At a public meeting here today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will release preliminary findings and hear testimony from experts regarding the January explosion that killed two municipal employees at the Bethune Point Wastewater Plant.

CSB Continues Investigation of Massachusetts Chemical Plant Explosion: Statement of Lead Investigator John Vorderbrueggen

Dec 01, 2006

CSB Investigator-in-Charge John Vorderbrueggen, PE, issued the following factual update to the investigation of the Danvers, Massachusetts, chemical plant explosion on November 22, 2006.

CSB Deploys Investigators to Site of CAI, Inc. Explosion and Community Damage in Danvers, Massachusetts

Nov 22, 2006

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying an investigation team to begin an assessment of the explosion that occurred at CAI, Inc. in Danvers, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.

CSB to Hold December 14, 2006, Public Meeting on Fatal Bethune Point Wastewater Plant Explosion in Daytona Beach, Florida

Nov 20, 2006

Washington, DC, November 20, 2006 - The CSB today announced it will convene a public meeting concerning the fatal explosion that occurred on January 11, 2006, at the Bethune Point Wastewater Plant in Daytona Beach, Florida. The Board will take testimony from the investigation team and also from a panel of outside experts.

CSB Issues Case Study in 2005 Valero Refinery Delaware City, DE, Accident; Report Notes Inadequate Nitrogen Asphyxiation Hazard Awareness Training and Improper Confined Space Rescue Actions

Nov 02, 2006

Wilmington-Newark, Delaware, November 2, 2006 - A tragic accident in which two workers were asphyxiated inside a nitrogen filled confined space could have been avoided through better hazard awareness training and proper confined space rescue actions, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board reports in a Case Study released today.

CSB Releases Safety Video with Computer Animation; Valero Refinery Delaware City, Delaware, Nitrogen Asphyxiation Incident on November 5, 2005

Nov 02, 2006

Washington, DC, November 2, 2006 - The U. S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today issued a Safety Video on the November 5, 2005 nitrogen asphyxiation incident at the Valero Refinery in Delaware City, Delaware. The video includes a computer animation depicting events leading to the accident, and features commentary by Lead Investigator John Vorderbrueggen, Board Member John Bresland, and a field expert.

CSB Calls on Oil Industry to Eliminate Atmospheric Blowdown Drums Similar to Equipment at BP Texas City Refinery; Urges New OSHA "Emphasis Program" throughout U.S.

Oct 31, 2006

Houston, Texas, October 31, 2006 - On a unanimous vote of 5 to 0, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today issued new safety recommendations calling on the U.S. oil industry to improve safety practices for refinery pressure relief systems, eliminating the type of atmospheric vent that caused the hydrocarbon release and explosions that killed 15 workers and injured 180 at the BP Texas City refinery on March 23, 2005.

CSB Investigation of BP Texas City Refinery Disaster Continues as Organizational Issues Are Probed

Oct 30, 2006

CSB Pursues Investigation of North Carolina Hazardous Waste Fire; Says Likely Origin in Facility's Oxidizer Section

Oct 30, 2006

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today announced it is pursuing an investigation of the fire that burned from October 5 to 7 at the EQ North Carolina hazardous waste transfer and processing facility and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents from the Raleigh suburb of Apex.

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