CSB: Multiple Deficiencies Led to 2008 Bayer CropScience Explosion

February 2, 2011 | EHS Today

28, 2008, Bayer CropScience pesticide manufacturing unit explosion that killed two workers and injured eight others, the US Chemical Safety Board (CSB). In its final report about the explosion that killed two workers and injured eight others, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) found multiple deficiencies during a lengthy startup process that resulted in a runaway chemical reaction inside a residue treater pressure vessel ..