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

By Rafael Moure-Eraso

California is Leading the Way on Oil Refinery Safety - Sacramento Bee Op-ed

By Rafael Moure-Eraso

CSB Recommends Safety Improvements to U.S. Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook Widely Used by Firefighters

DOT Urged to Clarify How Responders Deal with Chemical Accidents at Fixed Facilities as Well as Those on Rails and Roads

CSB Releases Safety Message Highlighting Important Role of Recommendations Program in Agency Mission

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board today released 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.

Statement from Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Affirming CSB Authority to Investigate the April 2010 Blowout and Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

Sep 19, 2014

Yesterday the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the CSB’s authority to investigate the tragic April 2010 blowout and explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.

Statement of CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Warning Against Use of Methanol During Laboratory and Classroom Combustion Demonstrations, in the Wake of Reno, Nevada, Museum Fire

Sep 15, 2014

Warning Against Use of Methanol During Laboratory and Classroom Combustion Demonstrations, in the Wake of Reno, Nevada, Museum Fire

Statement by CSB Chairman Rafael Moure Eraso on the Death of Former Board Member Andrea Kidd Taylor

Sep 03, 2014

It is with sadness today that I report on the passing of former CSB Board Member Andrea Kidd Kidd Taylor, whose commitment to occupational and environmental justice, health and safety throughout her career was inspirational.

CSB Chairperson Moure-Eraso Warns About Danger of Hot Work on Tanks Containing Biological or Organic Material

Aug 26, 2014

Earlier this month a team of CSB investigators deployed to the Omega Protein facility in Moss Point, Mississippi, where a tank explosion on July 28, 2014, killed a contract worker and severely injured another.

The Danger of Combustible Dust - NYT Op-ed

Aug 23, 2014

By Rafael Moure-Eraso

CSB Releases Analysis Showing February 2014 Release of Sulfuric Acid at Tesoro Refinery in Martinez, California, Resulted from Inadequately Tightened Fitting

Aug 15, 2014

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a technical evaluation report on tubing samples taken from the Tesoro Refinery in Martinez, California, concluding that a sulfuric acid spill on February 12, 2014, resulted from insufficient tightening between a tube and a compression joint at a sulfuric acid sampling station.

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

California is Leading the Way on Oil Refinery Safety - Sacramento Bee Op-ed

CSB Recommends Safety Improvements to U.S. Department of Transportation Emergency Response Guidebook Widely Used by Firefighters

CSB Releases Safety Message Highlighting Important Role of Recommendations Program in Agency Mission

Statement from Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso on Decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Affirming CSB Authority to Investigate the April 2010 Blowout and Explosion in the Gulf of Mexico

Statement of CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso Warning Against Use of Methanol During Laboratory and Classroom Combustion Demonstrations, in the Wake of Reno, Nevada, Museum Fire

Statement by CSB Chairman Rafael Moure Eraso on the Death of Former Board Member Andrea Kidd Taylor

CSB Chairperson Moure-Eraso Warns About Danger of Hot Work on Tanks Containing Biological or Organic Material

The Danger of Combustible Dust - NYT Op-ed

CSB Releases Analysis Showing February 2014 Release of Sulfuric Acid at Tesoro Refinery in Martinez, California, Resulted from Inadequately Tightened Fitting

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