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  January 5, 2012. Tweet. January 5, 2011, Nashville, TN – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board today released its final report on three accidents that occurred in 2011 at the Hoeganaes powdered metals plant in Gallatin, Tennessee. Flash fires and an explosion killed a total of five workers and injured three others.
  Safety, training is essential when working in a ,plant,. Employees must be aware of all ,safety, procedures, especially as they pertain to their specific position. Special training should occur periodically to reduce the risks of ,accidents,. Emergency Evacuation Drills.
  Plant, Layout ,Plant, layout has some specific ,safety, aspects. Examples include: Separation and isolation. ,Chemicals, which may react with one another are to be physically separated, oxidizers are to be stored in areas remote from fuel storage.
  For most major ,chemical accidents,, EPA and OSHA believe that it is rarely the action or inaction of a single operator that is the sole or even primary cause of an ,accident,. The ,Safety, Precedence Sequence illustrates that numerous barriers must fail before operator action can cause an ,accident,: ,Safety, Precedence Sequence: Design for Minimum Hazard
  Lessons learned 30 years after the Bhopal disaster: a new ...
  30 years have passed since the terrible disaster in Bhopal, which occurred on December 3, 1984 in the region of Bhopal (India). The accident was caused by a leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) at a pesticide plant owned by US company Union Carbide. There are multiple theories and possible causes of the accident, though the main theory that emerges from ...
  Hamilton companies fined after workers suffer chemical ...
  Two companies have been fined after workers suffered chemical burns at a Hamilton metal galvanising plant after a prosecution that has stretched more than two years. The incident has led to ...
  After several major ,accidents, at ,chemical plants, in the 980's brought worldwide attention to the issue, in 990 the u.S. Congress passed the Clean Air Act Amendments, which included a three pronged approach to improve ,chemical accident, prevention and increase public accountability for ,safety, at companies and worksites involved ,in chemical
  The accident resulted in the hospitalization of four plant workers and required residents within a half-mile radius to shelter in their homes. On July 29, 2003, a worker was fatally injured by exposure to antimony pentachloride when a gas cylinder released its contents to the atmosphere.