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CSB Offers Update on Probe of Fatal Explosion at Nebraska Facility

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) recently offered an update on its continuing investigation into a fatal explosion and fire on July 29 at the Horizon Biofuels facility in Fremont, Neb. “Preliminary evidence points to a combustible wood dust explosion, a well-known—and completely avoidable—hazard in wood processing,” CSB Chairperson Steve Owens said in […]

Chemical Safety Board Launches Probe into Fatal Explosion at Nebraska Facility

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) announced that it has launched a formal investigation into the fatal explosion and fire at the Horizon Biofuels facility in Fremont, Neb., that occurred on July 29. The blast fatally injured three people—a father and his two young daughters—who were in the facility at the time […]