Sunday, December 13, 2009

Examine Fatal Explosion at NDK America Inc. near Rockford, Illinois

CSB Posting of their investigation. U.S. Chemical Safety Board is authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 and became operational in January 1998.investigative function be completely independent of the rulemaking, inspection, and enforcement authorities of EPA and OSHA. Congress recognized that Board investigations would identify chemical hazards that were not addressed by those agencies.

Washington, DC, December 8, 2009 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board is deploying an investigation team to the site of an explosion that occurred Monday afternoon at the NDK America Inc. plant, a manufacturer of quartz crystals in Belvidere, Illinois, approximately 60 miles northwest of Chicago. 

Examine Fatal Explosion at NDK America Inc. near Rockford, Illinois

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