Deepwater Horizon: Is the CSB Preparing to Retreat on Worker Participation?
The Chemical Safety Board may be preparing to take a significant step backwards in its advocacy for worker participation in…
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…
Chemical Plant Safety
Hurricane Harvey
Immigrants
International
MSHA
Office of Management and Budget
Recordkeeping
Short Stuff
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the War On Worker Safety: Short Stuff
The Incredible Disappearing Security Breach: Hard to know what to say about this. Remember that alleged security “breach” in OSHA’s…
Hurricanes and the Chemical Industry: Houston Chronicle Explores the Hazards We’re Facing
The New York Times discussed yesterday how prepared the chemical industry is for natural disasters like Hurricane Harvey. Today the…
Times: Arkema Incident “Raised Doubts” About Chemical Industry’s Preparedness.
I have a feeling we ain’t seen nothing yet about the effects of Hurricane Harvey on the chemical industry in…
Post-Harvey Chemical Plant Start-Ups: Something Wicked This Way Comes
The Department of Labor yesterday announced a number of initiatives to address the impact of Hurricane Harvey. Among those was…
Harvey: The Extent of the Disaster In Chemical Corridor
For Your Reading “Pleasure” The explosions in the Arkema Chemical plant in Crosby, Texas will most likely not be catastrophic.…
Chemical Plant Safety
Chemical Safety Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Hurricane Harvey
OSHA
Trump
Harvey Update: Flooded Chemical Plant Explodes. Trump Policies Increase Future Risk
Cable news and newspapers across the country are headlining the continuing explosions at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby, Texas,…
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…