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CSB Releases Final Case Study into 2013 Explosion and Fire at Williams Olefins Plant in Geismar, Louisiana

October 19, 2016, Baton Rouge, LA -- Today the CSB released its final report into the June 13, 2013, explosion and fire at the Williams Olefins Plant in Geismar, Louisiana, which killed two employees.
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Chemtool, Rockton, IL, Explosion and Fire

June 15, 2021 The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is monitoring an explosion and fire event at the Chemtool plant in Rockton, IL that occurred June14, 2021 at 7:15 am CT. All ...
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Update on its Investigation of Fatal Explosion at U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works

Washington D.C. September 29, 2025 — Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update on the agency’s ongoing investigation into the August 11, 2025, fatal ...
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Final Report into 2020 Toxic Gas Release and Chemical Fire at Bio-Lab Facility in Westlake, LA

Washington D.C., April 24, 2023 – Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final investigation report into a chemical fire and toxic gas release at the Bio-Lab ...
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CSB Releases Final Report into 2019 PES Fire and Explosion in Philadelphia

Agency Calls on Industry to Require Improved Safeguards and US EPA to Require Analysis of Safer Technologies to Hydrofluoric Acid (HF) Alkylation and Conduct a TSCA Risk Evaluation of HF Washington, D ...
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CSB Issues Woodland Pulp Investigation Update

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Investigation Update on Fatal January 2026 Toxic Hydrogen Sulfide Release at the Woodland Pulp Mill in Baileyville, Maine Washington, D.C. July 14, 2026 — Today, the ...
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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board's Investigation into the Macondo Disaster Finds Offshore Risk Management and Regulatory Oversight still Inadequate in Gulf of Mexico

Washington, DC, April 13, 2016 - Offshore regulatory changes made thus far do not do enough to place the onus on industry to reduce risk, nor do they sufficiently empower the regulator to proactively ...
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CSB Releases Investigation Report

Washington D.C, July 6, 2023, Today the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final report into the December 8, 2020, fatal incident at Optima Belle LLC (Optima Bell) ...
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CSB Launches Investigation into Hydrogen Sulfide Release

Washington D.C. October 11, 2024 – The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced today that it is launching an investigation into a fatal release of hydrogen sulfide at the ...
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Finds Multiple Safety Deficiencies Led to February 2015 Explosion and Serious Near Miss at the Exxon Mobil Refinery in Torrance, California

Torrance, California, January 13, 2016 -- An ongoing investigation by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) of the February 18, 2015, explosion at the ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, California, has ...
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Investigation Report on the 2023 Explosion and Toxic Ethylene Oxide Release at Dow Plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana

Washington D.C. February 26, 2026 – Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its f inal investigation report into the July 2023 explosions, fires, and toxic ...
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CSB Releases Final Report into 2015 Explosion at ExxonMobil Refinery in Torrance, California

May 3, 2017, Torrance, CA, -- Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released its final report into the February 18, 2015, explosion at the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance, California. The blast ...