美国化学安全和危害调查委员会（CSB）今天宣布，它将赞扬马萨诸塞州当局改善该州对危险材料存储和加工的调节，包括监视高风险设施，以确保他们遵守关键的联邦流程安全和关键风险管理计划。
马萨诸塞州消防部门采取的行动满足了CSB在2006年关于2006年爆炸的最终报告中的关键建议，该报告是在波士顿郊区丹佛斯（Danvers）的墨水和油漆产品制造设施上提出的。CSB得出的结论是，在CAI，Inc的一栋未通风的建筑物中，一个无人值守的混合罐过热，导致释放易燃蒸气，随后被点燃。该设施储存醇，己烷，其他溶剂，颜料，树脂和硝酸纤维素；所有在爆炸中都被摧毁的。二十四座房屋和六个企业被摧毁。在爆炸中，许多其他房屋受到了广泛损害。十人受伤，但没有人被杀，可能是因为事故发生在半夜，当时人们在床上睡着了。
The CSB investigation found that CAI had increased its quantities of flammable liquids over the years. The additional quantities went undetected by local authorities who had not inspected the facility for over four years prior to the time of the incident.
At the time of the accident mandatory notification by companies to local authorities that a facility had increased its quantities of flammable materials from the initial amount listed in the permit was not well enforced. Therefore, the Board recommended that Massachusetts require companies storing and handling flammable materials to amend their license and re-register with state or local authorities when increasing their quantities of flammable materials; they must also verify compliance with local, state fire codes and hazardous chemical regulations.
Noting the Board voted unanimously to declare the status of the recommendation as “Closed — Exceeds Recommended Action,” CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said, “Massachusetts authorities have not only adopted the CSB recommendation, but went beyond their intent with the regulations issued by the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations in 2012. The Massachusetts approach, if adopted by other states, has the potential of leveraging the resources of fire authorities to complement the regulatory and enforcement work of OSHA and the EPA with regard to high hazard facilities.”
Moure-Eraso博士指出，马萨诸塞州的法规将危险材料分为五类，基于阈值数量。例如，类别1-4必须符合OSHA的危害通信标准。CAI会跌倒的第5类要求公司认证符合OSHA流程安全管理标准和EPA风险管理计划法规。“如果该州的法规已到位，并于2006年被执行，”
Dr. Moure-Eraso said, “the company and regulators would have been more likely to have recognized the hazard presented by the operation and to have prevented the accident.”
对国家的关键相关董事会建议保持开放。它敦促消防部门审核马萨诸塞州的地方政府和地方消防当局，以执行对许可证限制的遵守情况以及对易燃材料的存储和处理要求。
消防部门告知CSB，它缺乏审核所有地方政府合规的资源，而是为地方消防当局提供培训，以充分审查许可证并检查设施以遵守新要求。据报道，培训材料正在开发中，
在员工分析后，CSB建议状态由董事会投票确定。回忆可能被认为是“可接受的”或“不可接受”，并关闭或被打开以进行进一步考虑。迄今为止，CSB建议中有57％被指定为“封闭 - 可接受的行动”。在某些情况下，董事会指定回答超出了建议的行动。只有2％的CSB建议（开放或关闭）导致了“不可接受的”状态。
The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating industrial chemical accidents. The agency’s board members are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate. CSB investigations look into all aspects of chemical accidents, including physical causes such as equipment failure as well as inadequacies in regulations, industry standards, and safety management systems.
董事会不发出引文或罚款，而是对OSHA和EPA等工厂，行业组织，劳动团体和监管机构提出安全建议。访问我们的网站，www.csb.gov。
