CSB Releases Final Report into 2017 Pressure Vessel Explosion at Loy-Lange Box Company in St. Louis MO

Washington, D.C. August 2, 2022 – The CSB has released its final report into a 2017 explosion that occurred at the Loy-Lange box company in St. Louis, MO and resulted in the death of four people. The incident occurred when a pressure vessel catastrophically failed fatally injuring one employee at the company and launching the pressure vessel…

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CSB Releases New Free Online Safety Training Application for Hazardous Chemicals

Washington, D.C., August 1, 2022 – Today the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is releasing a new safety training application focused on agency findings from the devastating 2005 BP Texas City explosion and fire and how they relate to OSHA’s Process Safety Management (PSM) standard. The PSM standard outlines requirements for the management of hazards…

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Early Missteps On Energy Are Blows To Economy, Security

It’s unfortunate that the Biden administration’s first couple of energy decisions – effectively canceling the Keystone XL pipeline and signaling it will halt new federal natural gas and oil leasing – work against economic growth and could undermine the nation’s energy security. With the U.S. economy struggling to recover from the pandemic, there could hardly be a worse time…

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Occupational Health and Safety – Petrochemical Industry

April 27, 2019   |   Published By ASK-EHS  (India) |   Category: Safety Petrochemicals, derived from cracking crude oil or natural gas, are a part of the manufacturing industry since 19th century. Major petrochemicals such acetylene, benzene, methane, ethane, propane and hydrogen are in high-demand in different end-use industries. Add polymers market to the equation and their global market demand has…

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Give Your Business the Cold Eye

From Forbes.com Jul 3, 2012,12:46pm EDT Holly Green Contributor Kristi Hedges Individual Contributor ForbesWomen The dog days of summer are almost upon us, and everything is heating up. When the temperature soars and we want to cool down, few things hit the spot more than an ice-cold soda, lemonade, or beer. When things heat up,…

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