Creating a safety culture: Situation at BP Alaska shows it never ends
Once you get your safety culture “right,” is that it – mission accomplished? Some recent reporting about BP’s Alaska operations shows it’s a never-ending challenge.
Manufacturing
Old equipment, lack of written procedures led to fire, 4 workers seriously burned
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) says a culture that allowed maintenance to be done without proper instructions and training contributed to a fire that seriously burned four workers at ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge, LA, refinery.
Judge throws out $2.38M in fines to Tesoro in explosion that killed 7 workers
A judge’s decision to vacate $2.38 million in fines against a Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, WA, came as a shock to state safety officials who now say they’ll appeal the ruling.
Rate of nonfatal workplace injuries falls in 2015
The rate of nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in the U.S. has dropped in 2015 by the biggest amount since 2009, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Lack of maintenance, poor communication fouled water for 300,000
What can go wrong when an aboveground tank used to store harmful chemicals isn’t inspected for 10 years?
Top 5 causes of workplace injuries
Five years and more than 1.5 million workers’ comp claims. That’s what The Travelers Companies looked at to determine the who, what, where, when, why and how of workplace injuries … also how much they cost.
AFL-CIO report: 150 U.S. workers die every day
A new AFL-CIO report dug through worker fatality data and found some trends in U.S. workplace safety. The organization estimates that 150 workers die every day from hazardous working conditions.
Worker fatality rate increases for first time in four years
The federal government’s final count of fatal occupational injuries in 2014 shows an increase from 2013 – the first one since 2010.
Results from OSHA’s new injury reporting requirements are in
OSHA’s new injury reporting requirements took effect Jan. 1, 2015. The agency recently released the number of severe injury reports it received in 2015, and what actions it took against those employers.
