--- title: Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog | STP | chemical safety (2) description: chemical safety | STP's blog giving insight into audit, compliance and risk issues for EHS, business and accounting. (2) --- [![Specialty Technical Publishers](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/STP-logo-white-orange.png)](http://www.stpub.com/) - [My Account](http://stponline.stpub.com) - 1-800-251-0381 # Audit, Compliance and Risk Blog ## [Chemical Safety Board issues review of combustible dust hazards and management](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-review-of-combustible-dust-hazards-and-management) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Tue, Nov 10, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/dust4.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-review-of-combustible-dust-hazards-and-management) The federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board – which usually refers to itself as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB -- has issued guidance on the hazards of explosive and combustible dust. The report is intended to identify the key barriers to improvement in the control and mitigation of combustible dust hazards. The report was developed by a contractor to CSB, after a fatal 2017 dust explosion at the Didion Milling facility in Cambria, Wisconsin. In October 2018, CSB issued a “Call to Action” to gather comments on the management, control and understanding of combustible dust (which I wrote about [HERE)](https://blog.stpub.com/protecting-workplaces-from-combustible-dust). The objective of this project was to make sense of comments submitted in response to the Call to Action. CSB ultimately received 57 responses, which its contractor reviewed and supplemented with additional research.    [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-review-of-combustible-dust-hazards-and-management) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-review-of-combustible-dust-hazards-and-management#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [CSB](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/csb), [chemical safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chemical-safety), [NFPA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/nfpa) ## [OSHA revises and narrows beryllium standard](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-narrows-beryllium-standard) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Aug 19, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/Beryllium.png) ](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-narrows-beryllium-standard) The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates thousands of chemicals, through regulatory standards directing employers to reduce worker exposures. For a small number of especially hazardous chemicals, OSHA provides a detailed standard applicable to a single chemical—examples include asbestos, benzene, and lead. Another single-chemical standard covers beryllium (29 CFR 1910.1024), which OSHA has revised effective September 14, 2020. OSHA describes the revisions as meant “to clarify certain provisions and simplify or improve compliance … to maintain or enhance worker protections overall by ensuring that the rule is well understood and compliance is more straightforward.” The agency notes that none of the changes impose new costs on employers, and some will reduce compliance costs. [Read More](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-narrows-beryllium-standard) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.stpub.com/osha-revises-and-narrows-beryllium-standard#comments-listing) Tags: [Health & Safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/health-safety), [OSHA](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/osha), [chemical safety](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/chemical-safety), [Beryllium](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/beryllium), [Beryllium Standard](https://blog.stpub.com/topic/beryllium-standard) ## [Chemical Safety Board issues Best Practice guidance for boards of directors to instill safety in their companies](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-best-practice-guidance-for-boards-of-directors-to-instill-safety-in-their-companies) Posted by [Jon Elliott](https://blog.stpub.com/author/jon-elliott) on Wed, Jun 17, 2020 - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.stpub.com/hubfs/jacket-3484307_1920.jpg) ](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-issues-best-practice-guidance-for-boards-of-directors-to-instill-safety-in-their-companies) The federal Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board – which usually refers to itself as the Chemical Safety Board or CSB – conducts independent investigations of major chemical accidents, issues accident-specific findings, and offers specific or general recommendations for improved chemical handling and regulation (I wrote about its first set of rules [here)](https://blog.stpub.com/chemical-safety-board-finalizes-chemical-incident-reporting-rule). In May, CSB issued “Best Practice Guidance for Corporate Boards of Directors and Executives in the Offshore Oil and Gas Industry for Major Accident Prevention.” This Guidance represents CSB’s latest attempt to enhance organizational attention to safety culture issues. 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