CSB cites need for training in fatal Reno explosion
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has issued its report on the explosion that occurred at the Sierra Chemical Company`s Kean Canyon plant January 1998 in which four workers were killed and six injured.
CSB members found that the plant was deficient in many essential elements of process safety management. Plant workers had little formal training in safely handling materials used to manufacture explosives. The CSB also cited Sierra`s failure to provide procedure manuals and training in the workers` native language as a contributing factor. Most of the workers at the explosives plant were immigrants who spoke and read Spanish and had little or no understanding of the English language.
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