[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Report on Honolulu Fireworks Disposal Explosion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
U.S. Chemical Safety Board
January 17, 2013

CSB Report says Honolulu Fireworks Disposal Explosion that Killed  
Five Workers Resulted from Unsafe Practices, Lack of National  
Guidelines, and Lack of Safety Provisions for Federal Contractors


Washington, DC, January 17, 2013 - In a final report set to be  
considered today, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said an  
explosion and fire that killed five workers during a fireworks  
disposal operation in Hawaii in 2011 resulted from unsafe disposal  
practices; insufficient safety requirements for government contractor  
selection and oversight; and an absence of national guidelines,  
standards, and regulations for fireworks disposal.

The final report, scheduled for a board vote at a public meeting in  
Washington, DC, today, recommends that federal agencies develop a new  
government-wide safety and environmental responsibility requirement  
for contractors, and calls for new regulations on the safe disposal  
of fireworks, a growing problem across the U.S

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For the entire release and a link to the full report, see
http://www.csb.gov/newsroom/detail.aspx?nid=444

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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