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CHEMICAL SAFETY-HAZCOM NEWS

CSB Report Calls for Improved Nonconductive Flammable Liquid MSDSs In a new case study addressing the July 2007 explosion and fire at the Barton Solvents distribution facility in Valley Center, Kans., the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) determined that a static spark resulting from a level-measuring float inside the tank likely caused the explosion and called for improved material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for nonconductive flammable liquids.
Focused Inspections of Petroleum Refineries in Washington Finds Multiple Violations at Shell's Equilon Facility Washington state's Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited Shell Oil Co.'s Equilon refinery in Anacortes, Wash., for violations found as a result of a focused inspection aimed at reducing the likelihood of catastrophic events associated with petroleum refinery operations.
Congressman: NIOSH Moving Forward with TCE Study A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study that will examine trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure and cancer rates among IBM employees who worked at the company's Endicott site is moving forward as expected with adequate funding, according to a New York congressman.

CSB Report Calls for Improved Nonconductive Flammable Liquid MSDSs
In a new case study addressing the July 2007 explosion and fire at the Barton Solvents distribution facility in Valley Center, Kans., the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) determined that a static spark resulting from a level-measuring float inside the tank likely caused the explosion and called for improved material safety data sheets (MSDSs) for nonconductive flammable liquids.

Focused Inspections of Petroleum Refineries in Washington Finds Multiple Violations at Shell's Equilon Facility
Washington state's Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has cited Shell Oil Co.'s Equilon refinery in Anacortes, Wash., for violations found as a result of a focused inspection aimed at reducing the likelihood of catastrophic events associated with petroleum refinery operations.

Congressman: NIOSH Moving Forward with TCE Study
A National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study that will examine trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure and cancer rates among IBM employees who worked at the company's Endicott site is moving forward as expected with adequate funding, according to a New York congressman.

CHEMICAL SAFETY-HAZCOM ARTICLES

International OHS Through the Looking Glass of the Global Economy In late 2007, a multinational group of EHS professionals traveled to Mexico to observe working conditions at a giant open-pit copper mine in Cananea. What they found shocked them.
Anatomy of a Tragedy On March 23, 2005, tragedy struck BP’s Texas City, Texas, refinery when a cloud of hydrocarbon vapor exploded, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 180 others. Perhaps the real tragedy is that federal investigators believe that the accident – like so many other workplace accidents – was entirely avoidable.
Improving Compliance Through Accurate MSDSs and Hazmat Inventory The challenge today for organizations is to effectively manage their entire chemical inventory so they can stay in compliance and avoid the dangers, fines and fees associated with not doing so.

International OHS Through the Looking Glass of the Global Economy
In late 2007, a multinational group of EHS professionals traveled to Mexico to observe working conditions at a giant open-pit copper mine in Cananea. What they found shocked them.

Anatomy of a Tragedy
On March 23, 2005, tragedy struck BP’s Texas City, Texas, refinery when a cloud of hydrocarbon vapor exploded, killing 15 workers and injuring more than 180 others. Perhaps the real tragedy is that federal investigators believe that the accident – like so many other workplace accidents – was entirely avoidable.

Improving Compliance Through Accurate MSDSs and Hazmat Inventory
The challenge today for organizations is to effectively manage their entire chemical inventory so they can stay in compliance and avoid the dangers, fines and fees associated with not doing so.

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