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Investors sue BP over spill, say it misled them over ‘safety first’ policy


September 7, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: BP, Compliance, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Lawsuits

It’s been more than two years since the explosion at a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 workers and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. The potential consequences for BP continue to pile up, as a new lawsuit shows.

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Mike Rowe: ‘Safety First’ is ‘a load of unmitigated nonsense’


February 27, 2012 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Analysis/Commentary, cost of safety, Employee responsibility, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, PPE (protective equipment), Special Report

You know Mike Rowe, the guy on the Discovery Channel who hosts Dirty Jobs? A viewer recently called him out on not wearing the proper safety gear on his show. His response? “Of all the platitudes embraced in the workplace there is none more pervasive, erroneous, overused and dangerous than ‘Safety First!’”

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Former Massey workers: Mine was ticking bomb


April 30, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views

Two workers who quit Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine in the months just before the explosion that killed 29 miners say they did so because they thought it was going to blow up.

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When safety and production clash, which one wins?


November 20, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Safety vs. production, Special Report


If you post signs at your workplace that say “Safety First,” how can employees still get the impression that production is more important?

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