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10/28/2025

Deadly Blast at Explosives Facility: US CSB Launches Investigation

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will investigate a fatal explosion that occured October 10, 2025.

8/14/2025

Combustible Dust Incident Under Investigation by US CSB

The facility produced animal bedding and wood fuel pellets for heating from wood waste. A father and his two daughters were inside the facility and were fatally injured.

6/16/2025

Ohio Nitric Oxide Release: US CSB Opens Investigation

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) opened an investigation into a release of nitric acid and nitrogen oxide gas that occurred at an explosives manufacturing plant in Ohio.

8/1/2024

CSB: Chemical Facilities Should Assess Remote Isolation of Process Equipment Now

CSB is calling on chemical facilities to consider "remote isolation" of major process equipment, a step the Board says is critical to stop releases of hazardous materials.

7/15/2024

[Video] Designed to Fail: Key Lessons from an Acetic Acid Release

US CSB's Four Keys for the Industry and Lion's takeaway following review of CSB's findings and recommendations.

7/24/2023

Video: Key Lessons from $600M "Popcorn Polymer" Explosion in Texas

US CSB's new video details what led to one industrial facility's $600M+ explosion in Texas, highlighting the importance of OSHA's Process Safety Management and Hazard Communication Standards.

9/2/2022

CSB Provides Guidance on Release Reporting

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released a 29-page guidance document for facilities that are subject to the accidental release reporting rule that took effect in March 2020.

6/16/2022

CSB Shares Chemical Release Incident Data

The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) recently shared a list of accidental chemical releases reported since March 23, 2020—the date a new reporting requirement took effect.

12/13/2021

Two New Board Members Appointed to CSB

On December 10, 2021, the Senate confirmed two new Board Members to the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), Stephen Owens and Sylvia Johnson.

6/22/2021

CSB Investigates Illinois Chemical Factory Explosion

[UPDATE 06/22/21] CSB deployed two members of its leadership team to the explosion site on June 21. At the site, they met with company respresentatives, on-site Federal and local emergency responders, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff, and Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) investigators to discuss the incident further.

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