February 13, 2013 by Fred Hosier
A report from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) says a large explosion at Carbide Industries (CI) in Louisville, KY, that killed two workers and injured two others resulted from a failure by the company to investigate similar but smaller explosions over many years.
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Tags: Carbide Industries, Chemical Safety Board, explosion, furnace explosion
January 23, 2013 by Fred Hosier
OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard applies to fireworks manufacturing but not to fireworks disposal. Had the standard applied to disposal, a required hazard analysis could have saved five workers who were killed in an explosion.
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Tags: Chemical Safety Board, Donaldson Enterprises Inc., explosion, process safety management
February 15, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Cal/OSHA has issued 28 citations with fines totaling $540,890 to three companies in connection with an explosion that injured three people, two critically. A previous explosion involving the companies killed the son of the owner.
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Tags: Cal/OSHA, explosion, lost limbs, Realm Catalyst
September 15, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Bostik, Inc., a manufacturer of adhesives, faces $917,000 in OSHA fines for 50 citations following the agency’s investigation into a March 13, 2011, explosion that injured four workers at the company’s Middleton, MA, plant.
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Tags: acetone, Bostik Inc., explosion, OSHA fine, process safety management
July 5, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A company and its owner have agreed not to employ people to work with explosives to settle a $1.2 million OSHA fine in connection with an explosion that killed two workers.
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Tags: Black mag, egregious violation, explosion, killed two workers, surrendered license
April 5, 2011 by Fred Hosier
One year ago today, 29 miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in West Virginia, owned by Massey Energy. In the last 12 months, what’s been done to make sure a disaster like UBB never happens again?
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Tags: explosion, Joe Main, Massey Energy, MSHA, Upper Big Branch
February 3, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just give your workplace safety challenges to someone else? BP’s Texas City plant has provided the oil giant with many challenges. BP’s current solution? Sell it.
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Tags: BP Texas City plant, explosion, OSHA fines, safety challenge
January 21, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Pressure to resume production was a key factor in an explosion at the Bayer CropScience pesticide manufacturing plant that killed two workers, according to a government report.
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Tags: Bayer CropScience, Chemical Safety Board, explosion, maintenance, production pressure
December 16, 2010 by Fred Hosier
OSHA has issued stiff fines against an Eau Claire, WI, company, in connection with a June 29, 2010 explosion and fire at its facility. The agency says WRR Environmental Services Co. didn’t implement an adequate safety program following a 2007 fire that destroyed its plant.
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Tags: explosion, fire, willful violations, WRR Environmental Services Co.
December 13, 2010 by Fred Hosier
One worker was killed and another injured in an explosion at a company that supplies services for the gas and oil industry.
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Tags: explosion, flammable vapors, propane torch
