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 ...

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 ...

By Cobic B.V., with input from Gido van Tienhoven, ATEX/IECEx explosion safety specialist Key takeaways:  Preventable ...

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 ...

“It’s time for workers to stop dying in preventable combustible dust explosions,” said U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Workplace safety is not a slogan. It’s a priority clearly embodied in ...

The fatal blast occurred May 31, 2017 at the Didion Milling Co. plant in Cambria. Five workers were killed, 14 were injured and the facility was obliterated. An accumulation of highly combustible ...