OSHA cites Pasadena refinery
OSHA’s South area office in Houston launched an investigation at Pasadena Refining Services in June as part of its national program on process safety management of refineries.
View ArticleExxon refinery cited for alleged safety hazards
The Labor Department has cited an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge for allegedly exposing workers to fire hazards.
View ArticleFor BP and its partners, what does $45 million mean?
(Corrects reference to BP’s second-quarter 2010 earnings in the sixth paragraph.) Ironically, the federal government began the process of fining the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon accident...
View ArticleOSHA calls for $1 million in fines against piping supplier
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has handed down 30 citations to Piping Technology and Products Inc., the company's third run-in with the federal agency since 2004.
View ArticleKeeping jobs from killing workers
Workplace safety regulations don't kill jobs; they keep jobs from killing workers.
View ArticleFederal safety-awareness program launches in Texas
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a month-long health and safety training program for the oil and gas industry today, targeting corporations in Texas and several surrounding...
View ArticleWorkplace deaths drop, except in oil industry
Oil and gas field services and drilling workers were killed on the job in Texas more than those in any other profession, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis.
View ArticleEagle Ford pay is high, but work can be fatal
Federal documents show inspectors found safety violations at the site of every worker fatality in the Eagle Ford Shale since 2009 and often concluded that companies hadn't taken adequate steps to keep...
View ArticleFeds probe lethal blowout in West Texas
Federal safety regulators are investigating the blowout of an Anadarko Petroleum Corp. well in West Texas that killed two workers and sent three to the hospital, the company said.
View ArticleFamily sues over Texas man’s death at Dow plant
The mother and son of a Friendswood man who died after being burned in an explosion at a Dow Chemical Co. plant in Deer Park last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the chemical...
View ArticleCalifornia considers tripling number of refinery inspectors
The California proposal on the governor’s desk would help close regulatory gaps that federal investigators found played a role in the fire at Chevron’s Richmond refinery last year, supporters say....
View ArticleCompany fined after equipment amputates workers’ fingers
OSHA cited Piping Technology & Products with one willful violation. Willful violations include allegations that a company acted with indifference to worker health or safety or either knew or...
View Article3 firms face fines in Parachute spill cleanup
Federal regulators have proposed fines for a Williams Co. contractor and subsidiary following a natural gas liquids leak that was discovered in March near Parachute.
View ArticleBlood tests show elevated health risks for Gulf spill cleanup workers
Blood test results on some workers who cleaned up beaches and marshes after the 2010 Gulf oil spill suggest they may be at elevated risk for cancer and other disorders.
View ArticleOSHA cites Houston manufacturer after worker struck by machine part
The agency has proposed penalties totaling $199,800 for four repeat and three serious violations, according to OSHA.
View ArticleChevron ignored warnings before refinery fire, safety report says
The fire at Chevron Corp.’s refinery in Richmond, California, last year that sickened thousands was caused by the company ignoring a decade’s worth of calls for inspections and upgrades of piping that...
View ArticleTesoro bars federal safety agency from East Bay refinery
In an unprecedented challenge, Tesoro Corp. has barred federal authorities from going inside its refinery near Martinez to investigate an incident in which two workers were burned by acid spewing from...
View ArticleIndustry opposes push to tighten oil field safety rules
More than a dozen oil companies and trade groups have lined up to oppose plans to broaden the federal government's oversight of safety practices at wells, saying existing standards are enough to...
View Article3 workers killed in West Texas oil field rig explosion
The well is owned by Parsley Energy of Midland. Company spokeswoman Lisa Elliott says the workers who died were employed by Mason Well Service Ltd. of Odessa, an independent contractor.
View ArticleOSHA says open-flame heater caused gas rig fire that killed three Oklahoma...
Records indicate that the company, Dan D Drilling, was cited in June 2013 for allowing the use of an open-flame heater on one of its rigs. Dan D Drilling received 10 OSHA violations and faces penalties.
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