CSB Updates Incident Reporting Data Page

Yesterday, the Chemical Safety Board made some mainly cosmetic changes to their “Incident Reporting Rule Submission Information and Data” web page. Data links that previously made the page more than a little cluttered are now ‘hidden’ behind three drop down links:

• CSB's Accidental Release Reporting Rule Data

• The CSB's reporting rule form should be downloaded and submitted to report@csb.gov

• Relevant Regulations

The first provides automatic download links to each of the approximately quarterly updates of the spreadsheet uses to record chemical incidents reported to the CSB. The second provides access to the accident reporting form and instructions for it’s completion. The verbiage is wordy and potentially confusing for the second link; it should have been shortened to “The CSB's Reporting Rule Form”. And the last provides a link to a copy of the final rule for 40 CFR 1604 - Accidental Release Reporting. While a link to 40 CFR 1604 would have been easier to read, the discussion in the final rule provides more insight into what the CSB is looking for in their reporting requirements.

As far as I can tell, there has been no information lost in this changed web page, something that cannot be said for some other changes in federal agency web sites since January 20^th, 2025.