Chemical Safety Board
New Government Agency
Guide Special
Dateline: March 13, 1999
Patterned after the National Transportation Safety Board (the air crash investigators), they took on their first chemical-related accident, an explosion near Reno, NV on January 7, 1998. This March, the Chemical Safety Board's Web site took to the net to highlight their mission -- "To Work In Concert With Industry, Labor, Government and Communities To Help Prevent Accidents."
Since their official creation by amendments to the Clean Air Act (EPA) passed November 15, 1990, the CSB has conducted over two-dozen investigations and reviews of chemical related accidents of the sort that claimed 453 lives between 1987 and 1991. (Chemical Accident Statistics)
Stop by the CSB site. They do important and fascinating work.
Important links to see on the CSB web site include:
How to Report a Chemical Accident
ChemLinks - WWW
Chemical Safety Resources
Reports of
Investigations (very interesting)
Accident Investigation Slide Show
Contact Information
Related resources on US Government Info/Resources:
Health & Medicine Links
Consumer Safety Links
