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CSB to release Deepwater Horizon reports in June

April 23, 2014

Washington – The Chemical Safety Board is scheduled to release the first half of its investigation reports into the Deepwater Horizon explosion at a June 5 public meeting in Houston.

CSB cites corrosion as cause of 2009 refinery blast; calls for inherently safer design

April 16, 2014

Washington – A corroded pipe that had not been inspected for years was the source of the hydrogen release and subsequent explosion at the Silver Eagle Refinery in 2009, according to a new analysis from the Chemical Safety Board.

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OSHA and the oil and gas industry are partnering to address an upsurge in fatalities

January 1, 2014

Ashley Johnson

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Employment is booming in the oil and gas industry – but fatalities hit an all-time high in 2012. Through efforts such as a nationwide safety stand-down in November, OSHA, NIOSH, and the oil and gas industry are collaborating to address the dangers these workers face.

Government should tap industry resources to improve oil and gas safety: report

October 30, 2013

Washington – A new report is calling for the Department of the Interior’ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement to enlist the help of the offshore oil and gas industry in developing safer technology.

Oil and gas safety stand-down scheduled for November

October 9, 2013

Washington – An OSHA-sponsored national safety stand-down scheduled for next month aims to raise awareness on hazards in the oil and gas industry in response to high fatality rates.

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NIOSH: ‘Fracking’ exposes workers to silica

July 31, 2013

Falls Church, VA – Oil and gas workers are exposed to respirable crystalline silica during directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing operations, a new NIOSH study concludes.

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Transocean must provide Deepwater Horizon documents to CSB, court rules

July 30, 2013

Washington – The owner of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 has been ordered to turn over internal investigation documents to the Chemical Safety Board in a July 23 ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

BSEE to form independent safety institute

June 5, 2013

Washington – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement is establishing an independent research institute and looking for candidates to manage it.

BSEE expects positive safety culture in oil and gas industry: policy statement

May 15, 2013

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Washington – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement expects offshore oil and gas companies to maintain a positive safety culture, according to a BSEE policy statement.

House Dems reintroduce updates to OSH Act

April 24, 2013

Washington – Calling it “vital to improving the health and safety of American workers,” House Democrats on April 18 reintroduced legislation to update the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

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