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Chemistry World
March 31, 2015
Matthew Gunther |
US Chemical Safety Board chairman resigns The chairman of the US Chemical Safety Board has resigned following allegations of mismanagement, along with accusations that the board has mistreated whistleblowers.   |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
US Chemical Safety Board controversy continues Recent events have highlighted the dysfunction and discord within the US Chemical Safety Board, the independent federal agency charged with investigating serious industrial chemical accidents. |
Chemistry World
November 26, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Intrigue at the top of the US's Chemical Safety Board A political drama continues to be played out at the US Chemical Safety Board, the federal agency charged with investigates serious industrial chemical accidents in America. |
Chemistry World
November 6, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Inaction at US Chemical Safety Board criticized The independent agency charged with investigating serious industrial chemical accidents in the US, is being accused of shirking its responsibilities in the face of internal squabbles. |
Chemistry World
October 14, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
West Fertilizer plant cited for 24 'serious' safety violations The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the West Fertilizer chemical plant in Texas for 24 'serious safety violations', stemming from a fire and explosion there in April. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2008
Rebecca Trager |
Chemical safety board falls short The US government agency charged with investigating chemical accidents is failing to investigate even the most serious leaks and blasts, according to congressional watchdog the Government Accountability Office. |
Chemistry World
April 25, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
US safety body says deadly West explosion 'preventable' The fire and explosion that destroyed the West Fertilizer chemical plant in Texas last April, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200, was entirely preventable and highlights a pressing need for regulatory change. |
Chemistry World
July 11, 2013
Rebecca Trager |
Texas plant explosion prompts calls for stricter rules The fire and explosion that destroyed the West Fertilizer chemical plant in Texas on 17 April, killing at least 14 people and injuring more than 200, has resulted in calls to tighten US chemical handling regulations. |
Chemistry World
July 27, 2012
Rebecca Trager |
BP's misdirected safety focus blamed for Deepwater debacle The US Chemical Safety Board, an independent federal agency, has concluded that safety lapses by BP and others led to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in April 2010. |
Chemistry World
October 24, 2011
Rebecca Trager |
US Universities' Lab Safety Under New Scrutiny US universities are under pressure to significantly step up safety at chemistry labs, following new findings and recommendations from the Chemical Safety Board. |
Chemistry World
November 17, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Carbon dioxide leak at US coffee plant prompts federal probe A US federal investigation has been launched after a carbon dioxide leak at a coffee roasting and decaffeination plant in Houston, Texas, led to the death of one employee. |
Chemistry World
February 4, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Obama wants to boost R&D funding 6% in 2016 President Obama has outlined his ambition of growing R&D funding by 6%, to $146 billion in his 2016 budget proposal. |
Chemistry World
July 24, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Investigators find cause of West Virginia chemical spill The lack of a rigorous inspection program at Freedom Industries is to blame for the massive leak of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol from a tank at a the company's storage site in West Virginia. |
Chemistry World
August 7, 2013
Lanay Tierney |
Obama mandate calls for safer chemical facilities US President Barack Obama has issued a mandate for federal agencies to review industrial chemical safety regulations in the wake of the deadly fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas in April. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
OSHA Takes Heat for Refinery Fire Congressional committee says it could have done more to prevent fatal blast. |
Chemistry World
September 25, 2015
Rebecca Trager |
Bayer CropScience pays $5.6m to settle 2008 accident charges Under the agreement, the company will enhance safeguards at its US chemical facilities. |
IndustryWeek
January 11, 2012 |
Safety Agency Pushes for Combustible Dust Standard Significant accumulations of combustible iron ore powder fueled the flash fires that led to the fatalities at powdered metals plant last year. |
Chemistry World
November 20, 2014
Rebecca Trager |
Methyl mercaptan leak kills four workers A chemical leak at a DuPont plant near La Porte, US killed four workers and hospitalized another on 15 November. The cause of the accident remains under investigation, but it involved a methyl mercaptan leak. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2009
Helen Carmichael |
Bayer bows to safety concerns One year after an explosion that led to two fatalities, Bayer CropScience is to eliminate 80 per cent of its methyl isocyanate stockpile at its Institute, West Virginia site. |
Chemistry World
January 9, 2012
Phillip Broadwith |
What does it take to improve laboratory safety? A series of high-profile incidents at US universities has prompted close examination of attitudes towards safety in academic chemistry laboratories. |
Chemistry World
August 13, 2009
Helen Carmichael |
US officials probe hydrogen fluoride incidents A sudden release of propane and highly toxic hydrogen fluoride gas from an ExxonMobil refinery in Joliet, Illinois led to two employees being rushed to hospital last week. |
Chemistry World
May 29, 2014 |
Safety first? Just how safe is working in a laboratory? As Jon Evans discovers, it depends on where you are and who you ask |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
First Up -- Clear Skies, Fouled Waters The waters of the Gulf have changed, but not BP's approach to safety. |
