DuPont must go back to process safety basics and perform robust process hazard analyses on every part of the insecticide operation, starting with the riskiest.

Karl Stevens, DuPont automation and process controls engineer designer. Considering the company’s origins in the manufacture of gun powder, safety has played a large role in DuPont’s operations over ...

The project will facilitate this change by leveraging on DuPont's owner-operator experience and success in implementing similar Process Safety transformation programs in the region.

He said the unit remains shut down while the company reviews its process safety management systems. "Safety is a core value and constant priority at DuPont," he said.

Dan Turner, a DuPont spokesman, said the company is actively working with local union members to address safety concerns at its locations. He said DuPont is creating a training process in ...

We write about how both DuPont and the Chemical Safety Board should release their confidential reports over the Novermber 15, 2014 chemical spill that killed four workers at DuPont's La Porte ...

DuPont responded to the latest round of citations, saying in a statement that the OSHA citations are a result of the review of the herbicide and hydrofluoric acid (HF) units at the La Porte site. At ...

DuPont became a pioneer in advanced food safety testing by applying the prize-winning science to the pathogen detection process in food and became the “first to introduce an automated detection ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited chemical manufacturer DuPont for a chemical leak that killed four workers in La Porte last year.

DuPont paid a $1,800 fine for violating a specific set of rules designed for companies that handle toxics, called the process safety management standard, OSHA records show.

DuPont Sustainable Solutions (DSS) has announced the call for entries for the 2020 DuPont Safety and Sustainability Awards competition. Beginning Nove ...

Despite having a reputation for safety, the three serious incidents that occurred in a 33-hour period at DuPont Corp.’s chemical plant in Belle, W.Va., on Jan. 22-23, 2010, were the result of a series ...