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Similar to the National Transportation Safety Board that investigates airline incidents, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is a small independent agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents and makes recommendations to appropriate health and safety regulators in order to prevent future events. Among other tragedies, the CSB has investigated the Port Wentworth, Ga. Imperial Sugar refinery and the BP-Texas City refinery explosions. The CSB is currently investigating the Middletown, Connecticut power plant explosion that killed six.
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Rafael Moure-Eraso, Nominee for Chair, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Rafael Moure-Eraso is currently serving as Graduate Coordinator of the Department of Work Environment, School of Health and Environment at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where he had been a Professor and Chair of the department for the last five years. He has been a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts for twenty years as an Associate Professor (1988) and promoted to full Professor in 2000. He holds BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering (University of Pittsburg ‘67, Bucknell University ’70) and a MS and Ph.D. in Environment Health (Industrial Hygiene) (University of Cincinnati ’74, ’82). He is a currently Certified Industrial Hygienist for Comprehensive Practice (CIH) since 1983.
Mark Griffon, Nominee for Member of the US Chemical Safety and Hazard investigation Board
Mark Griffon's career has included work in academia, the public sector and the private sector. In 1992, Mr. Griffon founded Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc. to provide environmental and occupational health consulting including management and technical oversight of large remediation projects, waste site characterization, radiation surveys, health and safety and health physics audits and investigations, and exposure assessment research. Mr. Griffon holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in Radiological Sciences from University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Chairman Miller Applauds Obama Nominations to Chemical Safety Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today after President Obama nominated Dr. Rafael Moure-Eraso and Mark Griffon the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board. Moure-Eraso was nominated to be chair of the board. “President Obama has nominated two exceptionally qualified individuals who will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the Chemical Safety Board,” said Miller. “Since the Chemical Safety Board has a number of important cases they are currently investigating, Dr. Moure-Eraso and Mr. Griffon deserve to receive speedy consideration by the Senate.”Similar to the National Transportation Safety Board that investigates airline incidents, the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) is a small independent agency that investigates industrial chemical accidents and makes recommendations to appropriate health and safety regulators in order to prevent future events. Among other tragedies, the CSB has investigated the Port Wentworth, Ga. Imperial Sugar refinery and the BP-Texas City refinery explosions. The CSB is currently investigating the Middletown, Connecticut power plant explosion that killed six.
Background:
Rafael Moure-Eraso, Nominee for Chair, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Rafael Moure-Eraso is currently serving as Graduate Coordinator of the Department of Work Environment, School of Health and Environment at the University of Massachusetts Lowell where he had been a Professor and Chair of the department for the last five years. He has been a faculty member at the University of Massachusetts for twenty years as an Associate Professor (1988) and promoted to full Professor in 2000. He holds BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering (University of Pittsburg ‘67, Bucknell University ’70) and a MS and Ph.D. in Environment Health (Industrial Hygiene) (University of Cincinnati ’74, ’82). He is a currently Certified Industrial Hygienist for Comprehensive Practice (CIH) since 1983.
Mark Griffon, Nominee for Member of the US Chemical Safety and Hazard investigation Board
Mark Griffon's career has included work in academia, the public sector and the private sector. In 1992, Mr. Griffon founded Creative Pollution Solutions, Inc. to provide environmental and occupational health consulting including management and technical oversight of large remediation projects, waste site characterization, radiation surveys, health and safety and health physics audits and investigations, and exposure assessment research. Mr. Griffon holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.S. in Radiological Sciences from University of Massachusetts Lowell.
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