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CSB Releases New Safety Video

U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases New Safety Video on 2020 Fire and Toxic Gas Release at Bio-Lab Facility in Westlake, Louisiana. Washington D.C., January 7, 2025 - Today, the U.S. Chemical Safety ...
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Issues Update on Investigation into the Fatal Catastrophic Tank Failure at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Facility in Longview, Washington

The CSB’s investigation found that an inspection of the exterior shell of G Tank conducted in July 2025 -- approximately 10 ...
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CSB Investigators Deploying to Explosion at Packaging Corporation of America plant in DeRidder, Louisiana

Washington, DC, February 9, 2017 – A three-person investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the scene of an incident that killed three workers and reportedly injured ...
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U.S. Chemical Safety Board Releases Volume 4 of Incident Reports

Washington, D.C., February 18, 2026 — The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) today released Volume 4 of its Incident Reports. The reports in the Volume detail 13 major chemical ...
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CSB Adds Emergency Planning and Response to Most Wanted Safety Improvement Program

Washington, D.C., July 15, 2016 – Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) formally announced that “Emergency Planning and Response” is the Board’s newest “Most Wanted Safety Improvement”, ...
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CSB Announces New Safety Product

Reports Cover Incidents in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota ...
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CSB Launches Investigation Into Ammonia Release

Washington D.C. August 1, 2024 – The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced today that it is launching an investigation into a hazardous ammonia leak which occurred the ...
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CSB Investigators Deploying to Explosion at the Loy-Lange Box Company in Saint Louis, Missouri

Washington, DC, April 6, 2017 – A three-person investigative team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying to the scene of an incident that killed three people and injured four others on ...
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David LaCerte joins the CSB as Senior Advisor and Executive Counsel

WASHINGTON D.C.—January 12, 2021 The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced today that David LaCerte will join the agency for a three-year term as Senior Advisor and ...
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CSB Releases New Safety Digest on Worker Participation to Help Prevent Catastrophic Chemical Incidents

Washington, DC, September 4, 2019 – Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued a new safety digest on the value of worker participation to prevent chemical incidents. The digest notes that lack ...
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CSB Deploys Team to Fatal Refinery Incident in Ohio

Washington, D.C. September 26, 2022 - The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is deploying a team to investigate the accidental release event that occurred at approximately 9:00 p.m. local time on ...