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One Year After Deadly Explosion at WV Convenience Store CSB Completes Testing of Key Valve - Agency Continues Its Examination of Safety Practices and Emergency Response

Jan 30, 2008

On the first anniversary of a fatal propane explosion at a West Virginia convenience store, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today announced that testing has been completed on a key propane valve and outlined other issues that will be examined in the final investigation report.

CSB Concludes Field Phase of T2 Blast Investigation in Jacksonville, FL - Higher Number of Offsite Injuries Found

Jan 25, 2008

Investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today concluded the initial field investigation of the fatal accident at T2 Laboratories Inc. Among investigators' findings thus far is that that the number of people injured was more than double what was known immediately after the accident.

CSB Investigative Team Deploys to BP Texas City Refinery, Site of Fatal Accident This Week

Jan 17, 2008

An investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, where an employee was killed in a process-related accident in an ultracracker unit on Monday.

Statement by CSB Investigator-in-Charge Robert Hall Updating the Public on the Investigation of the T2 Laboratories Explosion and Fire

Jan 03, 2008

Statement by CSB Investigator-in-Charge Robert Hall Updating the Public on the Investigation of the T2 Laboratories Explosion and Fire.

CSB Deploys to Fatal Jacksonville, Florida Explosion

Dec 19, 2007

A board member and six-person investigation team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) are deploying to the scene of a fatal explosion and fire at a chemical plant which occurred today in Jacksonville, Florida.

CSB Officials Encouraged with Progress Announced Today by New York City in Revising its Outdated Fire Code

Dec 05, 2007

The following statement was issued by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board in response to the announcement by New York today of a proposed draft to revise the city's fire code to include new provisions controlling hazardous chemicals.

One Year after Massive Blast in Danvers, Massachusetts, CSB Analysis Confirms Solvent Vapor Explosion, Examination of State's Fire Safety Oversight Continues

Nov 15, 2007

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today announced that laboratory testing of chemicals involved in the November 22, 2006, explosion at a Danvers, Massachusetts, printing ink manufacturing company is complete, and confirms that the mixture in the tank was sufficiently volatile to cause the explosion.

CSB Investigation at Barton Solvents Des Moines, Iowa, Facility Progressing; Immediate Cause was Ignition of Spraying Ethyl Acetate During Loading Operation -- Agency also Continues Examination of July, 2007 Barton Accident in Wichita, Kansas

Nov 01, 2007

Des Moines, Iowa, November 1, 2007 - Investigators for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said today progress is being made in the investigation of a large explosion and fire which occurred at the Barton Solvents facility in Des Moines, Iowa on October 29. The company packages, stores, and delivers solvents and other chemical products, many of which are widely used in the paint and coatings industry

CSB Investigators Deploying to Barton Solvents Fire in Des Moines, Iowa

Oct 29, 2007

Two investigators from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) are deploying the site of today's fire at the Barton Solvents facility in Des Moines, Iowa.

U.S. Chemical Safety Board to Conduct Investigation of Fatal Hydroelectric Plant Fire in Colorado

Oct 05, 2007

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) announced it is proceeding to investigate the causes of the chemical fire that killed five workers in an underground pipeline at the Xcel hydroelectric plant in Georgetown, Colorado, on Tuesday. Board Member William E. Wright, the CSB's interim executive, said: "The accident in Georgetown was a terrible human tragedy, and we extend our sympathies to all those families and others who were affected. The CSB is determined to understand why this accident occurred and to do everything possible to prevent it from recurring elsewhere."

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