Topic: U.S. Chemical Safety And Hazard Investigation Board

Transocean questions CSB's power to probe oil spill - report

(Reuters) - Transocean Ltd has written to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), challenging the federal agency's authority to investigate April's deep-water drilling accident, Bloomberg said.Under federal law, floating rigs are exempt from oversight by the U.S. Chemical ...
Rig owner refuses to honor Chemical Safety Board's subpoenas in Gulf oil spill probeThe owner of the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is refusing to honor subpoenas from a federal board that has challenged the company's involvement ...
Fed panel: Tests on key piece of oil spill evidence should stop; rig firms' role too hands-onA federal board allowed to monitor the testing of a key piece of Gulf oil spill evidence — the blowout preventer — is demanding that the analysis stop ...
Federal safety agency to release report on tunnel fire that killed 5 at hydroelectric plantThe U.S. Chemical Safety Board will release a 15-minute safety video and its final report of its investigation into a tunnel fire that killed five workers at ...
In the case of Packaging Corp., a Chemical Safety Board analysis determined that hydrogen, a byproduct of bacteria feeding on the organic waste, built up in the tank."We're recommending broadly they do an analysis in, around and on tanks, but ...

Workers accounted for at Connecticut blast

BOSTON (Reuters) - All workers at the Connecticut power plant construction site rocked by a massive explosion on Sunday have been accounted for, leaving the death toll at five, the town's mayor said on Monday."All persons who were assigned to the ...
Utah's Silver Eagle Refinery agrees to shut down after gas explosion that damaged 10 homesA Utah oil refinery is shutting down after a gas explosion earlier this month damaged 10 homes.The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has been investigating the ...
US Chemical Safety Board to investigate fire at Tesoro refinery in Salt Lake cityThe U.S. Chemical Safety Board says it is sending a three-person team to investigate a fire at the Tesoro Corp. refinery in Salt Lake City.The Wednesday night ...

CSB Bayer Debate RighttoKnow on Fatal Blast

The article reports on the public meeting to be held by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board on April 23, 2009. The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB; Washington) says it will hold a public meeting on April 23 to ...
Feds say unsafe power supply caused leak, evacuations around Pa. plant last yearSafety officials say an improperly operated pump was responsible for a chemical leak that forced hundreds of Pennsylvania residents from their homes last year.Indspec Chemical Corp. faces more than ...