Washington — Now available from the Chemical Safety Board: additional information on 25 serious chemical releases.
As part of a recent announced effort to increase transparency, CSB is sharing incident summaries, probable causes and other details that extend beyond the data required under its accidental release reporting rule.
The incidents occurred in 14 states between May 2020 and this past August. In all, they caused seven deaths, 23 serious injuries and around $1 billion in property damage.
In January, CSB released an initial compilation of expanded information on 26 incidents.
“This second volume of reports is another step that the CSB is taking to keep the American people informed about the serious chemical incidents that occur nearly every day across this country,” CSB Chair Steve Owens said in a March 12 press release.
Owens adds that the agency has received reports of almost 500 serious chemical incidents in 43 states since the accidental release reporting rule went into effect in March 2020.
