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New California Law on Refinery Maintenance Operations Can Prevent Accidents, Save Lives

CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Guest Commentary in Contra Costa Times

CSB Releases “Key Lessons for Preventing Incidents from Flammable Chemicals in Educational Demonstrations”

in Wake of Several Serious Methanol Accidents that Injured Children and Adults

CSB Releases New Safety Video, “Behind the Curve,” Detailing Report Findings and Recommendations

on Fatal 2010 Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Accident

Effective Regulation of Chemical Industry Still Elusive Since 1989 Accident - Houston Chronicle Op-ed

By Rafael Moure-Eraso

President's Executive Order on Contract Worker Safety Will Save Lives - Federal Times Op-ed

By Rafael Moure-Eraso
 
 
 

CSB Safety Message Highlighting Important Role of Recommendations Program

in Agency Mission

Combustible Dust: Solutions Delayed

Safety Video on the Fatal 2010 Combustible Dust Explosion at AL Solutions

Deepwater Horizon Blowout Animation

The Deepwater Horizon Blowout Preventer Failed due to Unrecognized Pipe Buckling

Animation of Explosion at Tesoro's Anacortes Refinery

The Explosion and Fire Led to the Fatal Injury of Seven Employees
 
 
 

AL Solutions Animation

Images from the CSB Animation of the Fatal 2010 Combustible Dust Explosion at AL Solutions

Photos from Combustible Dust Investigations

A series of photos featuring images of the devastating consequences of combustible dust accidents

Chairperson Moure-Eraso Testifies

Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works June 27, 2013

West Fertilizer Explosion and Fire

West, Texas, April 17, 2013
 
 
 

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11/3/2014
CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Guest Commentary in Contra Costa Times
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10/30/2014
Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety bulletin called “Key Lessons for Preventing Incidents from Flammable Chemicals in Educational Demonstrations” based on three recent serious incidents in Nevada, Colorado, and Illinois where...
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10/28/2014
Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a safety video into the fatal April 2, 2010, explosion and fire at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington.
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An August 6, 2012, release of flammable vapor led to a fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond,... read more
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Behind the Curve
10/28/2014 1:58:00 PM
A safety video about the fatal April 2, 2010, explosion and fire at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Washington. A nearly 40-year-old heat exchanger violently ruptured, causing an explosion and fire that fatally injured seven workers – the largest loss of life at a U.S. refinery since 2005. read more
CSB Safety Message Highlighting Important Role of Recommendations Program in Agency Mission
10/8/2014 3:04:00 PM
A video safety message discussing the role that the CSB recommendations program plays in ensuring that the Board’s accident investigations have a lasting impact on industrial safety. read more

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