CSB Withdraws 'Flawed' Accident Study.(concerning chemical industry)(Brief...

Chemical Week;  January 3, 2001 ;     286 words ......CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) has withdrawn a 1999 draft...accident trends in the U.S. from 1987 to 1996. CSB says the report, which compiled accident...incomplete or not accurate when combined. The CSB board voted last month to withdraw the study...

CSB FINDS CAUSE OF JUNE'S GOODYEAR PLANT EXPLOSION

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 20, 2008 ;     296 words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced today. Following the blast, Rep. Gene Green (D-Houston) called for the CSB to conduct an investigation, saying it was...Materials, which has jurisdiction over the CSB. "I am relieved that the CSB heeded our...

CSB report says poor oversight led to ChemFirst explosion.(Accident...

Chemical Week;  October 29, 2003 ;     314 words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) has concluded that an October...that all sources of heat had been removed, CSB says. The valves that shut the process down...over 450[degrees] F, causing the explosion. CSB faults the company for not having an adequate...

Recovered CSB Pleads for funding.(United States Chemical Safety and Hazard...

Chemical Week;  May 9, 2001 ;     185 words ......CHEMICAL SAFETY AND HAZARD Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) has fully recovered from a...forced Congress to cut its 2001 budget, CSB board members said at a House hearing last...which involved the leadership of former CSB chairman Paul Hill, also prompted threats...

ASSE Supports Budget Increase for CSB

Professional Safety;  November 1, 2007 ;     177 words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB). The Society expressed its support of HR...called for a $9.549 million appropriation for CSB. ASSE also noted concern about the Senate appropriations bill (S1696) that would reduce CSB's budget from the current $9.1 million to...

CSB recommends urgent safety review of all five US BP refineries.(Chemical...

Chemistry and Industry;  September 5, 2005 ;     460 words ...The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has issued an 'urgent recommendation' for...issues at all five of its US refineries. The CSB is still involved in investigations into...2005, 14, 9). This is the first time the CSB has taken such a step ahead of the completion...

GAO Issues Review of CSB

Professional Safety;  October 1, 2008 ;     175 words ......a report on the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) with particular attention to CSB's response to an Office of Management and Budget recommendation that CSB require facilities to report information on chemical accidents. GAO...

CSB Investigation Points to Increased Employee & Emergency Training

Professional Safety;  November 1, 2008 ;     229 words ......Safety and Hazard In- vestigation Board's (CSB) investigation of the 2007 Little General...from an old 500- gallon tank to a new one. CSB found the valve had a manufactur- ing defect...observe due to possible lack of training. CSB also found the tank had been installed against...

CSB to investigate MFG reactive chemicals accident.(Digest)(Chemical...

Chemical Week;  April 21, 2004 ;     186 words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) says it will send a team of...hospitalized overnight and then released, CSB says. The accident occurred when operators...line onto the first floor of the facility, CSB says. Hydrochloric acid was generated inside...

CSB, unions criticize OSHA's reactives policy.(business & finance news:...

Chemical Week;  February 11, 2004 ;     304 words ......Chemical Hazard and Safety Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) says OSHA's reluctance to amend...regulate reactive chemicals is unacceptable. CSB issued recommendations in 2002 that OSHA...past two decades. OSHA has responded to CSB, but has not implemented its recommendations...

CSB cries hazard analysis error in Isotec blast.(regulatory)(Chemical...

Chemical Week;  September 1, 2004 ;     203 words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) says a September 2003 blast...down the system after a nitric oxide leak, CSB says. Isotec managers knew about the explosive...properly design appropriate explosion shields, CSB says. The explosion destroyed a distillation...

CSB Reports Chemical Dust Explosions Are "Serious Problem;" Nearly 200...

PR Newswire;  June 22, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) declared chemical dust explosions in the...such accidents. Chairman Merritt noted the CSB's preliminary research reveals that nearly...she said at the hearing, convened by the CSB as part of an ongoing investigation into...

CSB damns safety record.(BP Texas City)(occupational safety and...

Chemistry and Industry;  November 6, 2006 ;     247 words ......damning report from the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) that the company had knowledge, possibly for years...2005 killed 15 workers and injured 180 others. CSB's chairman Carolyn Merritt said: 'The CSB's investigation shows that BP's global management...

CSB Safety Bulletin Covers Pressure-Relief Valves & Good Work Practices

Professional Safety;  August 1, 2006 ;     342 words ......Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has issued a safety bulletin following...and safety recommendations. In addition, CSB has released a safety video on the incident...gas to begin venting during hot weather. CSB also found some valves begin releasing gas...

CSB Budget Gets Negligible Boost; Seeks Funding to Pay New Hires.(Chemical...

Chemical Market Reporter;  April 30, 2001 ;     242 words ......CHEMICAL Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is asking Congress to increase its funding...under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments, the CSB submits a budget request to both the White...Congress. Last year, Congress denied the CSB's request for a total of $8 million and...