News Releases

CSB Safety Bulletin Says "Managing Change" Is Essential to Safe Chemical Process Operations

Aug 28, 2001

(Washington, DC - August 28, 2001): In industry, as elsewhere, change often brings progress. But it can also increase risks that, if not properly managed, create conditions that may lead to injuries, property damage or even death.

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News Release July 25, 2001 - Board Intensifies Investigation of Motiva Acid Tank Failure, Fire; Four Additional Investigation Team Members Deployed

Jul 25, 2001

(Washington, DC - July 25, 2001): The U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has dispatched six investigation team members to the site of the catastrophic failure of a storage tank containing spent sulfuric acid at Motiva Enterprise's Delaware City (Del.) refinery. Eight people were injured in the release and accompanying fire. One contract employee is still missing.

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Federal Investigation of Tosco Refinery Fire Finds Flawed Management Supervision

Mar 28, 2001

(Washington, DC - March 28, 2001) A fire at Tosco's Avon refinery in Martinez, California, could have been prevented by better management supervision of safety, according to the final report of the U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The report culminates an exhaustive two-year investigation of the 1999 petroleum fire that claimed the lives of four workers. The Avon refinery was acquired by UDS Corporation last year.

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CSB to Investigate Fatal BP Amoco Explosion

Mar 21, 2001

(Washington, DC - March 21, 2001): The U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has dispatched a second investigative team to the site of a fatal explosion at a Georgia plastics manufacturing facility. The team will carry on work begun shortly after the incident by a CSB preliminary assessment team. The blast early on the morning of March 13 left three dead at the BP Amoco Polymers plant in Augusta. The explosion initiated a secondary chemical fire that took five hours to bring under control.

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Board Team to Investigate Bethlehem Steel Fire

Feb 08, 2001

(Washington, DC - February 8, 2001): The U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has dispatched a team of seven accident investigators to the site of a recent fatal fire at a Bethlehem Steel plant. The fire at the Burns Harbor, Indiana, steel mill killed two workers and injured four others, one seriously. The fatalities included one company employee and a contract worker.

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Chemical Safety Board To Issue Two Safety Bulletins

Dec 15, 2000

(Washington, DC - December 15, 2000): The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) today announced a plan to issue two special Safety Bulletins arising out of Board accident investigations.

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