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BP gusher: Deja vu for investigative board


June 23, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: BP, Chemical safety, Fatality, fire/explosion, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views

It must be a case of deja vu for the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). Five years ago it was investigating an explosion in Texas that killed 15 BP workers. Now it will investigate the Gulf explosion and spill that killed 11 BP workers.

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Another concern besides oil and chemicals for cleanup workers


June 21, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: BP, Chemical safety, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, OSHA news, PPE (protective equipment), Worker health, working in heat or cold

OSHA has placed 20 to 25 of its inspectors at the staging areas for cleanup of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. While early concerns centered around exposure to oil and fumes, OSHA officials are finding another problem:

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Former BP employees: We were pressured not to report problems


June 10, 2010 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: contractor safety, Fatality, fire/explosion, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, whistleblower, Workers' attitudes about safety

In the wake of the April 20 oil rig explosion that killed 11 workers, an article by ProPublica, an investigative journalism website, quotes former BP employees as saying management pressured or harassed them not to report safety problems.

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