CSB Officials Brace For Potential Funding Cuts As Investigative Role Grows

U.S Chemical Safety Board officials worry that potential funding reductions over the next year could cause the board to cut back on investigations, a move CSB has so far avoided despite new investigative responsibilities linked to the British Petroleum incidents. An earlier continuing resolution proposal would have cut roughly $300,000 from the independent agency, which is tasked with investigating serious chemical accidents. “We're concerned about it because we're working diligently to keep our investigations funded,” Daniel Horowitz, the agency's managing director, told Inside OSHA Online. “