For the fourth time, President Donald J. Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent body that investigates the causes of significant ...

A Trump proposal would defund the Chemical Safety Board later this year, potentially leaving a Louisville-based investigation in limbo. The CSB and its proponents say the agency, with its $14 million ...

An independent agency that investigates chemical disasters — including fatal fires and explosions at chemical plants and oil refineries nationwide — would shutter by October 2026 under little-noticed ...

The White House is planning to eliminate the board, a small agency that investigates chemical disasters to understand what went wrong. By Hiroko Tabuchi In January 2021, after a nitrogen leak at a ...

When it comes to chemical safety, Donald Trump’s first term was a mess. In 2017, for example, the president nominated someone to lead the Environmental Protection Agency’s office of chemical safety, ...

Safety experts warn that eliminating the Chemical Safety Board would remove a critical investigative partner to OSHA, leaving gaps in root cause analysis and hazard prevention. The Chemical Safety ...

The Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s probe into the deadly explosion at the Clairton Coke Works could take a year or more and will include worker interviews, careful examination of ...