The Feb. 7 explosion at the Imperial Sugar Co. in Port Wentworth, Ga., killed nine employees and injured dozens of others. During the CSB briefing, Investigations Manager Stephen Selk displayed two ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - It's the worst combustible dust explosion the US Chemical Safety Board has ever investigated and now, CSB is releasing its findings on the Imperial Sugar blast that killed 14 ...

SAVANNAH, GA – In a final draft report released today, Chemical Safety Board investigators said the Feb. 7, 2008, deadly explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, GA, resulted from ...

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced it will hold a public hearing related to its investigation of combustible dust hazards at industrial facilities. The hearing ...

The aftermath of the Imperial Sugar explosion that killed 13 in Port Wentsworth, Ga. (CSB) In testimony before the Chemical Safety Board earlier in the day, OSHA’s director of the directorate of ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. When an accumulation of sugar dust ignited and blew up the Imperial Sugar plant in Port Wentworth, Ga., in 2008, killing 14 and injuring dozens, the state responded by issuing ...

Members of a federal board voted Thursday to name a national safety standard for combustible dust as its “most wanted” priority for worker protection. The vote by the Chemical Safety and Hazard ...

ATLANTA (Reuters) - An explosion at Imperial Sugar's plant near Savannah, Georgia, in 2008 that killed 14 people was "entirely preventable," the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said in a report on ...

Dust control is not a single point action item. Even with the use of vacuum conveyors that keep dusts contained during material transfer from one process machine to the next, coupled with dust ...

Significant accumulations of combustible iron ore powder fueled the flash fires that led to the fatalities at powdered metals plant last year. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is recommending the ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Compliance with industry standard for combustible dust set for September 2020. Don’t delay, because OSHA is already citing employers using the not yet effective NFPA 652, Standard ...

Dust control is not a single point action item. Even with the use of vacuum conveyors that keep dusts contained during material transfer from one process machine to the next, coupled with dust ...