A California utility will pay the largest penalty ever of its type in connection with an explosion in 2010 that killed eight people. Next, regulators intend to look at the company’s overall safety culture.
Just one U.S. senator is blocking a bill that would strengthen safety rules for oil and gas pipelines. The senator isn’t opposed to any particular part of the bill; he simply doesn’t like any additional federal regulation at all.
The federal government has released its revised regulatory agenda. It lists 10 new or revised OSHA rules for 2013, with more to come in future years.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reports that in 2010, the number of transportation fatalities was down. Despite that decline, there was a rise in several categories.
A worker who was cleaning inside a confined space (a rail car) collapsed and later died. OSHA says his employer didn’t have equipment or trained personnel to properly rescue the employee.
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