Review – CSB Updates Status of Seven Accident Investigation Recommendation – 12-19-24

Yesterday the Chemical Safety Board updated their Recent Recommendation Status Updates page to reflect actions the Board took on December 19^th, 2024 on seven accident investigation recommendations. Five of those recommendations were closed, the other two were changed to ‘Open – Acceptable Response’. Last month’s actions left 133 recommendations open (out of 1,000 recommendations made to date).

The six recommendations addressed last month were:

Pryor Trust Fatal Gas Well Blowout and Fire - 2018-01-I-OK-R11 - Patterson-UTI,

BP – Husky Oregon Chemical Release and Fire - 2022-01-I-OH-R1 - Ohio Refining Company,

BP – Husky Oregon Chemical Release and Fire - 2022-01-I-OH-R2 - Ohio Refining Company,

BP – Husky Oregon Chemical Release and Fire - 2022-01-I-OH-R4 - Ohio Refining Company,

Caribbean Petroleum Refining Tank Explosion and Fire - 2010-02-I-PR-R5 - International Code Council (ICC),

Husky Energy Superior Refinery Explosion and Fire - 2018-02-I-WI-R10 - Cenovus Energy, Inc., and

Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire - 2012-03-I-CA-R31 - American Petroleum Institute

 

For more information on these recommendations, see my article at CFSN Detailed Analysis - https://patrickcoyle.substack.com/p/csb-updates-status-of-seven-accident - subscription required.