Review - CSB Publishes Updated Accidental Release Reporting Data – 1-25-23

As part of the preparation for yesterday’s meeting of the Chemical Safety Board, the CSB updated their published list of reported chemical release incidents. They added 35 new incidents that occurred since the previous version was published in December (with data ending in October). One incident from the previous quarter was removed from the list. These are not incidents that the CSB is investigating, these are incidents that were reported to the CSB under their Accidental Release Reporting rules (40 CFR 1604).

The CSB also published an updated version of their Investigation Closure Plan, outlining the schedule for the Board’s clearance of the investigation backlog. Six reports are expected during the first half of this year.

For more details about the updated incident information and the investigation closure report, see my article at CFSN Detailed analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/csb-publishes-updated-accidental - subscription required.