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The Department of Interior’s (DOI) most recent and perhaps most consequential responses to the catastrophic April 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico are proposed regulations for blowout preventer (BOP) systems and well control, which were published in the April 17, 2015, Federal Register.
At 9:47 pm on April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the oil well drilling platform Deepwater Horizon just 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion left 11 men dead, 17 workers injured, the rig destroyed and sunk, and 3.19 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf. The […]
The EPA has released a proposal to improve the efficiency and transparency of hazardous waste shipped into and out of the United States. The new proposal would ensure that all U.S. import/export regulations covering transboundary shipments are consistent with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) regulations
A series of storms raged across Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma over Memorial Day weekend, 2015, killing as they went. Among the dead were some who were washed away by floodwaters, others who died in tornadoes, and at least three people who were working on post-storm cleanup. Is your workplace prepared for a natural disaster? The […]
Record Settlement Will Pump Billions into Cleanup Activities January 20, 2015, marked the last day for any appeals in the historic settlement with a Woodlands, Texas, energy company to address deadly uranium and other wastes. However, because no appeals were submitted, the $5.5 billion in payments are now secure. In the announcement, the EPA noted […]
Some groups of workers are at higher risk of work-related death than others. Do you have any of these high-risk groups in your workplace? And if you do, what are the best strategies for keeping them safe?
Here’s expert who urges safety professionals to emphasize the connection between safety and business success. Today’s safety professionals need to be thinking about more than completing OSHA 300 logs and delivering HazCom training, says Kathy Seabrook, founder and president of Global Solutions, Inc. They also need to be sure they’re providing benefits and value that […]
