Two safety videos from U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) received awards from Television, Internet and Video Association of DC (TIVA DC). An animation depicting a massive sugar refinery explosion, which appeared in CSB7S safety video, "Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar/7 won a gold award for best animation in its category. "Combustible Dust: An Insidious Hazard" received a silver award for best educational/training video.
"Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar" was produced following the fire and explosion at Imperial Sugar in Port Wentworth, GA, which claimed the lives of 14 workers, injured 36 and caused extensive property damage on Feb. 7, 2008. In the video, former CSB Chair John Bresland states, "The accident at Imperial Sugar was the deadliest industrial dust explosion in the U.S. in decades. It illustrates the extremely serious nature of combustible dust hazards."
The 29-minute combustible dust film focuses on lessons learned from four CSB investigations, including the Imperial Sugar explosion; the Hayes Lemmerz explosion and fire in Huntington, IN; West Pharmaceuticals Services in Kinston, NC; and the CTA Acoustics explosion and fire in Corbin, KY. The video features interviews with CSB investigators and victims' family members to illustrate how dust from industrial processes can fuel devastating explosions.
"This important recognition of our work speaks to the continuing impact of the CSB7S thorough, scientific, independent investigations and the commitment of our staff and board members to state-of-the-art communication of safety information," says CSB7S Daniel Horowitz. "It is the mission of the CSB to disseminate lessons learned from chemical and industrial accidents and to prevent similar tragedies in the future. The CSB7S video program has distributed hundreds of thousands of DVDs to industry leaders, workers and communities around the world to increase their knowledge of chemical hazards and apply the lessons to their real-world situations."
CSB videos are available online at www.csb.gov and on YouTube.
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Daniel Horowitz, CSB managing director, accepts gold award from TIVA DC.
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