Regulatory flaws, repeated violations put oil refinery workers at risk

By Jim Morris, Chris Hamby and M.B. Pell

The nation’s refineries are plagued by equipment failures and sometimes-fatal accidents that in many cases could have been prevented.

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"… estigations have been adopted by oil companies, trade groups, and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the government’s main workplace safety agency.Almost four years …"

Lame duck Congress may consider bill to toughen OSHA

By Jim Morris

For an agency so widely feared and demonized by American business, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a relative pushover.

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"… a.m. …"

Diesel dangers: Mining companies get first look at government cancer study

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A long-delayed government epidemiological study of possible ties between diesel exhaust and lung cancer in miners may finally be published t

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"… t Chajet has endangered workers by challenging regulations proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) — while atta …"

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Senate bill aims to tighten regulation of oil spill dispersants

By Chris Hamby and Jim Morris

Reacting to health worries about chemical dispersants used in the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg intro

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"… lf cleanup workers. Eileen Senn, a former compliance officer with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration and now an industrial hygiene consultant in Ewing, N.J., told the Center f …"

Renegade Refiner: OSHA says BP has “systemic safety problem”

By Jim Morris and M.B. Pell

Two refineries owned by oil giant BP account for 97 percent of all flagrant violations found in the refining industry by government safety i

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"… Most of BP’s citations were classified as “egregious willful” by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and reflect alleged violations of a rule designed to prevent catastrophic …"

Expert: New toxic chemicals report “unprecedented”

By Jim Morris

In a new report, the President’s Cancer Panel emphatically reinforced what public health officials and activists have been saying for decade

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"… s of the primary regulators -- the Environmental Protection Agency and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- and highlight industries and companies that put workers and the general …"

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OSHA workplace samples: Millions of records out of reach

By Jim Morris

Toxic exposures on the job cause the premature deaths of some 49,000 Americans each year, but the Occupational Safety and Health Administrat

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"… f this sad fact, and having served as director of health standards for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Dr. Adam Finkel filed a Freedom of Information Act request with OSHA in 2 …"

"… ATAWhat: Results of sampling for toxic substances in U.S. workplacesWhere: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Washington, D.C.Availability: Closed to publicFormat: Delimited textUsabi …"

Labor Dept's handling of whistleblower cases criticized by another watchdog

By Michael Hudson

A new watchdog report says the U.S. Labor Department often fails to properly investigate complaints by corporate workers who seek whistleblo

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"… ked at cases involving three key whistleblower laws. It estimated that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration – which is responsible for handling whistleblower claims under 19 laws …"

Federal bureaucracy dismisses most Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims

By Michael Hudson

Whistleblower protections passed after the Enron accounting scandal have been largely gutted by the federal bureaucracy responsible for prot

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"… arbanes-Oxley whistleblower claims are handled by the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an agency whose primary responsibility is policing worker safety.In addit …"

Judge urged to revoke BP refinery probation after Gulf Oil Spill

By Kristen Lombardi

The worsening BP p.l.c. oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a good reason to revoke the oil giant’s court-ordered probation and plea agreemen

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"… lity, which prompted BP to enter into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) six months later.Under the September 2005 pact, BP agreed to a lita …"

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