CSB: Even Seemingly ‘Non-Hazardous’ Materials Can Explode
Although it will be a while before OSHA issues a report on its investigation of an explosion at the Omega Protein facility in Mississippi, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s chair has some advice for employers.
Earlier in August, a team of U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) investigators deployed to the Omega Protein facility in Moss Point, Miss., where a tank explosion on July 28 killed a contract worker and severely injured another.
The CSB team, working alongside federal OSHA inspectors, found that the incident occurred during hot work on or near a tank containing eight inches of a slurry of water and fish matter known as “stickwater.”
