2010′s Deadliest Workplace Tragedies
A national workplace safety organization has compiled a list of its top 10 deadliest workplace tragedies for 2010. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (NCOSH) notes that a few...
View Article1 year after death of 29 miners: What’s improved?
One year ago today, 29 miners died in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in West Virginia, owned by Massey Energy. In the last 12 months, what’s been done to make sure a disaster like UBB...
View ArticleMine disaster: Hazards hidden, production over safety
An official from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) delivered a stinging indictment of the operators of the Upper Big Branch (UBB) mine in West Virginia where 29 miners were...
View Article29 miner deaths ‘entirely preventable’— root cause is ‘corporate culture’
Federal authorities blamed the Upper Big Branch (UBB) Mine disaster that killed 29 miners on “a workplace culture that valued production over safety,” and said the explosion was “entirely preventable.”...
View ArticleRevised stats: Workplace deaths in U.S. increase
It’s official: More workers died in the U.S. in 2010 than in 2009. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has finalized the 2010 numbers. When it released preliminary report in August 2011, BLS said there had...
View ArticleCoal CEO convicted in 29 mine deaths, could spend year in prison
A West Virginia jury has convicted Donald Blankenship of one count in connection to the mine explosion at Upper Big Branch in 2010 that killed 29 miners. Now, Blankenship could go to prison....
View ArticleReport: OSHA lacks legal tools to hold executives accountable for safety...
A report from a U.S. Senator’s office says OSHA is unable to hold corporate executives personally accountable for safety disasters because of a lack of legal tools at the government’s disposal. The...
View ArticleCoal CEO gets maximum jail time in connection with 29 miner deaths
A federal judge heeded the request of prosecutors and has sentenced former Massey Energy Company CEO Donald Blankenship to one year in prison for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards....
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