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(AXcess News) Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao announced today that the United States Senate has confirmed Edwin G. Foulke Jr. of South Carolina as assistant secretary of labor for occupational safety and health. President George W. Bush nominated Foulke Sept.15, 2005, to head the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). "Ed has extensive knowledge and experience in workplace safety and health issues that he will put to use to protect workers and promote employer compliance, " said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao.
Thinkpad (AXcess News) Washington - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) today fined BP Products North America, Inc. more than $2.4 million for unsafe operations at the company's Oregon, Ohio refinery. OSHA's inspection identified a number of violations similar to those found during an investigation of the fatal explosion at BP's Texas City, Texas, refinery that claimed the lives of 15 workers and injured more than 170 others.
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Microsoft "It is extremely disappointing that BP Products failed to learn from the lessons of Texas City to assure their workers' safety and health," said Edwin Foulke, Jr., OSHA assistant secretary. "Our Enhanced Enforcement Program (EEP) exists for companies like this who, despite our enforcement and outreach efforts, ignore their obligations under the law and continually place their employees at risk."
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Laptop Computers OSHA's Toledo Area Office initiated an inspection at the Ohio refinery in response to an alert issued by OSHA under the EEP. The inspection resulted in 32 per-instance willful citations, with penalties of more than $2.2 million. OSHA cited BP for locating people in vulnerable buildings among the processing units; failing to correct de-pressurization deficiencies; failing to correct deficiencies with gas monitors; and failing to prevent the use of non-approved electrical equipment in locations in which hazardous concentrations of flammable gases or vapors may exist.
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Laptop Computer BP was fined an additional $140,000 for two willful violations. The company neglected to develop shutdown procedures and designate responsibilities, and failed to establish a system to promptly address and resolve recommendations made after an incident when a large feed pump failed. Three years later those recommendations had still not been implemented.
The study found that more than half the accidents it tracked, which resulted in 108 deaths, involved chemicals not covered by either OSHA or E.P.A. regulations. Ms. Merritt said that the health and safety administration had 180 days to respond. A spokesman for the health and safety administration said the agency would study the recommendations once they were received. The board discussed its findings at a public meeting in Houston, which has been the site of various chemical accidents over the years.
Desktop Computer Another $35,000 in penalties was issued for five serious violations, including failure to develop operating procedures for a unit that removes sulfur compound; failure to ensure that operating procedures reflect current operating practice in the Isocracker Unit; failure to resolve process hazard analysis recommendations; failure to resolve process safety management compliance audit items in a timely manner; and failure to periodically inspect pressure piping systems.
Notebooks BP Products North America, Inc. has 15 working days to contest the citations and proposed penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
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