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The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and became operational in January 1998. The Senate legislative history states: "The principal role of the new chemical safety board is to investigate accidents to determine the conditions and circumstances which led up to the event and to identify the cause or causes so that similar events might be prevented."
The CSB released its report in September 2009, saying the explosion had been "entirely preventable". [6] It noted that the sugar industry had been aware of the risk of dust explosions since 1926. Specifically, internal company memorandums by managers in 1967 expressed their concern about the potential of explosions from sugar dust.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board has released an update on its investigation into the BioLab fire, the September 29 inferno that engulfed a BioLab industrial building, ...
Subsequent investigation reports by BP, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), and an independent blue-ribbon panel led by James Baker identified numerous technical and organizational failings at the refinery and within corporate BP. The disaster had widespread consequences on both the company and the industry as a whole.
Indeed, despite the Chemical Safety Board having a federal mandate to investigate and report about the accident, Xcel energy went to court to block the release of the report, saying it would be detrimental to their court case. [6] Xcel Energy also leaked a confidential draft of the report to the media before the official report was released. [9]
The blast at the 620-megawatt (830,000 hp), Siemens combined cycle gas and oil-fired power plant [5] [6] occurred at 11:17 am, [7] and was reported at 11:25 am EST. [2] The plant's manager, Gordon Holk, said that contractors and other workers from O & G Industries, Ducci Electric, and Keystone Construction and Maintenance Services were at the site when the blast occurred. [8]
A May 13, 2008 report from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) attributed the explosion to a heated ink-mixing tank containing flammable solvents that was unintentionally left on overnight. The CSB stated that the accident could have been prevented with a simple alarm system or automatic shutoff.
On Thursday, August 31, 2017, the same day as the first fire, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced an investigation. [12] This report concluded on 24 May 2018. [3] The report made five recommendations, directed at four entities: Reduce flood risk to as low as reasonably practicable (ALARP).