West Virginia miners beat back an attempt this week to weaken their mine safety protections. West Virginia mine worker Steven H. Hively, was killed …Mine Safety Victory: Safety Laws Are “Wrote Buy Blood”
U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso at March 6, 2014, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing Entitled “Preventing Potential Chemical Threats and Improving Safety: Oversight of the President’s Executive Order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security” CLICK HERE to view the written statement Chairman Boxer, Senator Vitter, and distinguished Committee members – … Continue reading Testimony of CSB at Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing – Chevron Fire, West Texas Explosion & West Va. Water Crisis
Campaigns / Other Fire Prevention Efforts Campus Fire Safety Inspections/Code enforcement Smoke Alarms Sprinklers Wildland Fire Safety Fire safety tips and reminders Other Safety News Smoke Alarm Saves Sprinkler Saves International News Links to Fire Prevention-related news articles - Updated 08/27/2012 Campaigns/ Other Fire Prevention Activities City to inspect rental properties for smoke detectors (Iowa) … Continue reading Fire Prevention Weekly Update – August 28, 2012
MSHA News Release: [07/31/2012] Contact Name: Amy Louviere Phone Number: (202) 693-9423 Release Number: 12-1552-NAT MSHA announces results of June impact inspections Mine placed on pattern of violations in 2011 is one of targeted operations ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued … Continue reading MSHA Announces Results of June Impact Inspections
Washington DC July 11, 2012 – The US Chemical Safety Board today released a new safety video that examines the concept of inherent safety and its application across industry; “Inherently Safer: The Future of Risk Reduction” stems from the August 28, 2008, explosion that killed two workers and injured eight others at the Bayer CropScience chemical plant … Continue reading CSB Releases New Safety Video on Inherently Safety Design and Technology: “Inherently Safer: The Future of Risk Reduction” Examines how Industry Can Eliminate or Reduce Hazards
Since Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970, workplace safety and health conditions have improved. But too many workers remain at serious risk of injury, illness or death. In 2010, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 4,690 workers were killed on the job—an average of 13 workers every … Continue reading 2012 Death on the Job Report
A U.S. judge sentenced the former security chief at a West Virginia mine to three years in prison after being convicted of two felonies related to a federal probe into the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in 40 years, in which 29 workers died. Hughie Elbert Stover, 60, was convicted in October for making false … Continue reading West Virginia Upper Big Branch Mine Ex-Security Chief Gets 3 Year Prison Term
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- U.S. coal mine operators remain well short of meeting a 5-year-old congressional mandate to equip underground mines with high-tech systems for communicating to the surface and tracking the movements of miners, a federal official said. The figures show 64 percent of more than 500 underground coal mines don't have the required equipment, … Continue reading 64 Percent Of U.S. Mines Lack Communications Gear: MSHA
Federal agents arrested a Massey Energy chief of security Monday on charges of lying to the FBI and obstructing the criminal investigation into last year's deadly mine disaster in West Virginia. Hughie Elbert Stover, 60, of Clear Fork, W.Va., was indicted on Feb. 25. The indictment is the first in the mine disaster investigation and … Continue reading Massey Safety Chief Indicted In Mine Disaster Probe
Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship will not cooperate fully with a probe into the catastrophic mine explosion that killed 29 workers at the company’s West Virginia coal mine last April, according to a story today by Charleston Gazette reporter, Ken Ward, Jr. The explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine was the deadliest U.S. mining … Continue reading Massey CEO to Take the 5th in Mine Disaster Probe
The calls to oust Massey Energy Company Chairman and CEO Don Blankenship began in earnest Monday, with members of both the private and public sectors getting involved. The CtW Investment Group sent a letter to Massey's board of directors Monday afternoon demanding Blankenship's resignation in the wake of the disastrous explosion at the company's Upper … Continue reading Don Blankenship: Investors, Politicians Begin Calling For Massey Head To Resign
A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster in more than two decades. Four others were missing Tuesday, their chances of survival dimming as rescuers were held back by poison gases that accumulated near the blast site, about 1.5 miles from the entrance to Massey … Continue reading West Virginia Mine EXPLOSION: Massey Energy Mine Had Scores Of Safety Citations
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