WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update into its ongoing investigation of a May 30, 2024, accidental release of a molten mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium nitrate which fatally injured one employee and resulted in injuries to a second employee at the Techniques Surfaces USA ("TS USA") Liquid Nitriding facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5045) on July 3, 2024, entitled "Analysis of Water Use Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing and Determination of Baseline Water Quality in Watersheds Within the Shale Play of Eastern Ohio, 2021-23". The report was written by S. Alex Covert and G.F. Koltun. * * * The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Ohio Department  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) Many Americans correlate national defense with the service members who wear the uniform. Under Secretary of the Air Force Melissa Dalton challenged audiences at the 2024 Women in Defense National Conference on Sept. 24, to think a step further. Dalton pointed out "American national security simply does not exist without that triangle intact," and sufficien  more