“You know you are getting old when everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work.” — Hy Gardner A few weeks ago, we posted a blog about the need for increased maintenance, testing, and inspection on equipment that has aged past the constant failure rate period of the bathtub curve into the wear-out period of [...]
“We must be part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulance drivers at the bitter end.” — Lane Kirkland Despite being established under the authority of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, which has not been repealed, the Trump administration intends to discontinue funding the Chemical Safety Board as of [...]
“I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.” — Winston Churchill The Chemical Safety Board (CSB) describes its public safety mission as being to "drive chemical safety excellence through independent investigations to protect communities, workers, and the environment" with the vision of "a nation free from chemical disasters." The CSB’s [...]
“You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.” — Daniel Keys Moran Last summer, we talked about the Chemical Safety Board’s compilation of incident data since their reporting rule became effective in March 2020. Companies experiencing catastrophic releases that result in one or more fatalities, one or more in-patient hospitalizations, [...]
“Here we go again. Fighting for resources. What the hell am I doing here?” — Brad Pitt as Roy McBride in Ad Astra I just received an email from a client. They were alarmed that the proposed Federal budget included, again, defunding the Chemical Safety Board, and wanted to know what they could do to [...]
“Defunding the CSB is just plain stupid.” -Mark Rosenzweig, Editor-in-Chief, Chemical Processing It has been a month since the administration announced a list of 19 independent federal agencies that it wants to completely defund in the 2018 budget. Tucked in among the regional economic development agencies and the agencies that support the arts and humanities [...]
“At the end of the day, the goals are simple: safety and security.” Jodi Rell At Bluefield Process Safety, our mission is to make the world a safer place. One of the resources we utilize to help us achieve our mission is the recommendations and safety videos released by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). [...]
