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How Curiosity, Allyship and Resilience Drive Safer, Smarter Chemical Facilities
The key to safe facilities isn’t found in data sheets – it’s in the human element. If your team is burnt out, disengaged or unheard, you’re at risk.
Process Safety: AI and Machine Learning Transform Compliance, But Humans Still Key
Risk assessment should still be a manual process, but AI can streamline data collection to enable sound engineering judgments.
Callide Power Station: 34 Minutes to Disaster
Switching operation triggers catastrophic power station explosion, proving that process safety principles apply beyond traditional chemical plants to any high-hazard environment...
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Safety workplaces yellow out of service tag attached on faulty damage defect of electric power motor.
Explore the regulatory requirements and best practices for mechanical integrity (MI) programs, including OSHA and EPA guidelines, equipment selection and lifecycle approaches....

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Investigation Launched After Toxic Gas Leak in Ohio
June 16, 2025
The leak released 3,000 gallons of anhydrous nitric acid, which became a plume of nitric oxide gas and prompted an evacuation.
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Homepage of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents.
June 11, 2025
Industry experts warn that eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board would remove a crucial tool for preventing plant disasters, despite the agency's modest...
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Incident Report
June 4, 2025
The CSB issued seven recommendations aimed at improving process safety across parent company HEF Groupe’s operations.
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Incident Investigation
May 30, 2025
Separate incidents at Honeywell and Bio-Lab facilities exposed gaps in safety systems, equipment integrity and chemical storage practices.

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March 18, 2025
Agency releases updates on major investigations, highlighting safety lessons from recent industrial accidents.
Chemical Industry Safeguards Questioned Once Again
March 7, 2025
Trump administration seeks to reassess elements of Biden- and Obama-era rules.
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March 4, 2025
U.S. Chemical Safety Board continues its investigation into the reactor explosion at a Louisville food additive plant that killed two workers.
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Feb. 18, 2025
The agency’s safety video channel has more than 360,000 subscribers.