BREAKING: The Pasadena TX plant where an explosion injured 22 workers held ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certificates from DNV-GL, an ANAB accredited registrar.

Kuraray EVAL, a plastics manufacturer, reported the explosion was the result of overpressure in the building’s pipe system, which exploded and caused a fire, injuring almost two dozen maintenance workers.

ISO 9001 requires the companies conform to relevant statutory and regulatory requirements, and that a company’s facilities are maintained.

Oxebridge is investigating connections between current and previous disasters and scandals involving companies that were issued accredited ISO 9001 and other certifications, and then monitoring what happens after such incidents are reported. To date, its investigations show that despite public reporting on the scandals or disasters, companies continue to maintain their certifications even when violations of the ISO standards, and laws, are proven.

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Why we report on these topics

Since 2000, Oxebridge has worked to improve ISO and related certification schemes by identifying problems and then proposing solutions. We report on issues affecting standards users because so few other news outlets do. Our belief is that in order to fix the problems in these schemes, we must first understand the nature and breadth of those problems. Our reporting aims to do just that. Elsewhere on the Oxebridge site you will find White Papers and other articles proposing ideas to correct these problems.