BP Rides – and Fails –Again
Our purpose is reimagining energy for people and our planet. We want to help the world reach net zero and…
Can Good Journalism Save Workers’ Lives?
Unions are struggling. Workers are intimidated. Congress is comatose. The courts are rigged. OSHA is too small and drastically underfunded.…
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Process Safety Management
Risk Management Program (EPA)
West Fertilizer Explosion
The West Fertilizer Explosion Ten Years Later
It was exactly a ten years ago tonight that that my wife called me from another room to say she…
OSHA Reschedules Chemical Plant Safety Stakeholder Meeting
For those of you interested in commenting on OSHA’s update of its aging process safety management standard, the agency has…
OSHA Plans Chemical Plant Safety Stakeholder Meeting
September is shaping up to be chemical plant safety month. First, EPA has scheduled public hearings for September 26, 27,…
EPA Issues Chemical Plant Safety Proposal; Where is OSHA?
In the next round of a years-long game of regulatory ping-pong — with potentially catastrophic consequences — the Environmental Protection…
OSHA’s Spring Regulatory Agenda: Meh!
The White House has released its Spring 2022 Regulatory Agenda and I’m not jumping for joy. At this rate, it…
Ammonium Nitrate
Chemical Plant Safety
Chemical Safety Board
Environmental Protection Agency
Process Safety Management
West Fertilizer Explosion
Fertilizer Plant Fire Raises Memories of Tragedy and Regulatory Failures
The Winston-Salem fertilizer plant fire raises difficult questions on our failure to issue adequate regulatory protections for workers and communities…
Heat
Infectious Diseases
MSHA
Process Safety Management
Regulations and Standards
Regulatory Process
Silica
State Plan States
Workplace Violence
OSHA-MSHA Regulatory Agendas Released
For regulatory nerds, no days are more exciting than when the White House Office of Regulatory and Interagency Affairs (OIRA)…
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…