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“CSB Warns About Danger of Hot Work on Tanks Containing Biological or Organic Material”

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Earlier this month a team of CSB investigators deployed to the Omega Protein facility in Moss Point, Mississippi, where a tank explosion on July 28, 2014, killed a contract worker and severely injured another. Our team, working alongside federal OSHA inspectors, found that the incident occurred during hot work on or near a tank containing … Continue reading “CSB Warns About Danger of Hot Work on Tanks Containing Biological or Organic Material”

CSB Deploys Team to El Dorado, Arkansas to Investigate Fatal Hot Work Explosion

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  CSB Deploys Team to El Dorado, Arkansas to Investigate Fatal Hot Work Explosion May 22, 2012 Washington, DC May 22, 2012 — The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today deployed a four-person investigation team to El Dorado, Arkansas to determine the cause of an explosion and fire that severely burned and killed three workers. … Continue reading CSB Deploys Team to El Dorado, Arkansas to Investigate Fatal Hot Work Explosion

CSB Report on Fatal Welding Explosion at DuPont Buffalo Facility Finds Company Overlooked Hazards; Recommendation Calls on Company to Monitor Flammable Vapor Inside Storage Tanks During Hot Work

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Copy of the CSB Final Report can be downloaded here: http://www.csb.gov/assets/document/Dupont_final_report.pdf   Buffalo, NY, April 19, 2012 — In a draft report released today at a news conference in Buffalo, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) determined that an explosion that killed one and injured another contract welder on November 9, 2010, was caused by … Continue reading CSB Report on Fatal Welding Explosion at DuPont Buffalo Facility Finds Company Overlooked Hazards; Recommendation Calls on Company to Monitor Flammable Vapor Inside Storage Tanks During Hot Work