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Worker safety wishlist for Obama’s second term
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on November 7, 2012 Now that the Presidential election is over, it’s time for the Labor Department to kick into high gear expand workers’ rights and ensuring workers’ lives and health are protected. Here’s my wish list of tasks for the Labor Department to accomplish in the next 6 months:
No shortage of ideas from OSHA staff to improve oversight of agency’s Voluntary Protection Program
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on August 22, 2012 An internal OSHA report on the agency’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) was submitted to agency leadership nine months ago, and released to the public this week. The group made 34 recommendations to improve the program, including several addressing fatalities occurring at VPP sites.
Five years and $10 billion later, but process safety problem halts production at brand new U.S. oil refinery
Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington University School of Public Health & Health Services on July 11, 2012 Royal Dutch Shell’s and Sauid Aramco’s Motiva refinery in Port Arthur Texas open last month with fanfare. The celebration was quickly overshadowed by a ruinous leak of corrosive into the heart of the refinery. The incident could have resulted in catastrophic loss of life