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Statement from CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on the Passing of Noted Chemical Process Safety Expert Professor Trevor Kletz

CSB Commends National Fire Protection Association for Expedited Development of a Comprehensive Standard for Fuel Gas Safety

Nov 04, 2013

CSB Commends National Fire Protection Association for Expedited Development of a Comprehensive Standard for Fuel Gas Safety.

CSB Announces Public Meeting to Release Case Study and New Safety Video on 2009 Accident at NDK Crystal

In Safety Message, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Calls for Regulatory Coverage of Reactive Chemicals Following the West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire

In a new video safety message released today, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso calls for regulatory coverage of reactive chemicals following the massive ammonium nitrate explosion that killed at least 14 people and devastated the town of West, Texas, on April 17, 2013.

Statement from Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Executive Order Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security

Aug 01, 2013

Statement from Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Executive Order “Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security”

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Determines OSHA Response to Seven Open CSB Recommendations on Dust, Fuel Gas, and Process Safety Management to be “Unacceptable;” Board Votes to Designate a Combustible Dust Standard as “Most Wanted”

Jul 25, 2013

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Determines OSHA Response to Seven Open CSB Recommendations on Dust, Fuel Gas, and Process Safety Management to be “Unacceptable;” Board Votes to Designate a Combustible Dust Standard as “Most Wanted”

In Statement, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Applauds Appeals Court Ruling Requiring Transocean to Turn Over Subpoenaed Documents in Agency Investigation of Macondo Accident in Gulf of Mexico

Jul 24, 2013

Yesterday, the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, Louisiana, refused to grant Transocean Deepwater Drilling, Inc., owner of the Deepwater Horizon, a stay of a recent federal district court order that the company promptly turn over documents that the CSB has subpoenaed in the course of our investigation into the April 2010 explosion at the Macondo drilling facility in the Gulf of Mexico.

CSB Chairman Commends DuPont for its Updated Global Hot Work Standard; Recommendation to Company Closed as Acceptable Response

Jul 23, 2013

CSB Chairman Commends DuPont for its Updated Global Hot Work Standard; Recommendation to Company Closed as “Acceptable” Response

CSB Announces Public Meeting in Washington to Vote on Key Safety Recommendations and Initiate the CSB Most Wanted Program

Jul 15, 2013

To submit comments please email them to [email protected]

Chairperson Moure-Eraso Applauds Interagency Working Group on Refinery Safety Draft Report

Jul 12, 2013

Chairperson Moure-Eraso Comments Draft Report Entitled "Improving Public and Worker Safety at Oil Refineries"

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