Farm Bill Drops OSHA Language that Would Have Endangered Chem Plant Workers
Workers in chemical facilities and those living nearby can sleep easier after the US Congress declined to include language in…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
OSHA
Process Safety Management
Short Stuff
Susan Harwood Worker Training Program
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Health and Safety: Short Stuff
The Little Program That Refuses To Die: OSHA announced its 2018 Susan Harwood Grant Awardees last week. This is the…
Don’t Want to be Incinerated in Your Sleep? Too Bad
Well there’s some very bad news for those of you who don’t want to be blown to smithereens in your…
Chemical Plant Safety
Chemical Safety Board
Climate Change
Environmental Protection Agency
Hurricane Harvey
OSHA
Process Safety Management
Arkema Chemical Plant Investigation Results in Weak CSB Recommendations
The Chemical Safety Board released its report on the Arkema chemical incident last week. You may recall that during the…
5th Anniversary of West Fertilizer Explosion: Lessons Learned and Not Learned
Five years ago tonight a fire broke out at the West Fertilizer company in West, Texas. Emergency responders rushed toward…
Dispatches From The Front Lines of the Battle For Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
More Freedom and More Catastrophic Fertilizer Explosions: After a catastrophic ammonium nitrate explosion at West Fertilizer exploded in 2013 killed…
5 Workers Dead in Gas Rig Explosion at Company with History of Safety Problems
Five gas rig workers are presumed dead after an explosion gas rig in Quinton, OK. The names of the employees…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Process Safety Management
West Fertilizer Explosion
West Texas Explosion: Four Years Later
Dan Zak of the Washington Post has written a long feature article on the impact and aftermath of the West…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
Government Accountability Office
Process Safety Management
Workplace Violence
GAO to OSHA: What’s Up With Workplace Violence and Ammonium Nitrate?
The Republican Congress may not be fulfilling it responsibility to provide oversight over a Republican-controlled OSHA, but the Government Accountability…
California Makes Major Move to Protect Refinery Workers (and communities in their shadow)
It’s not all bad news out there. While Washington sucks workers down into an abyss of corporate anarchy, the State…