May 05, 2011
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Health & Safety Newsletter May 05, 2011 |
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BP Alaska to pay $25 million penalty for Alaskan north slope oil spill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today announced that BP Exploration Alaska, Inc. will pay $25 million in civil penalties and implement a system-wide pipeline integrity management program for spilling more than 5,000 barrels of crude oil from the company’s pipelines on the North Slope of Alaska. The penalty is the largest per-barrel penalty to date for an oil spill. “Today’s settlement with BP Alaska imposes ... |
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EU-OSHA announces 10th European good practice awards on world day for safety and health at work
At the 10th European Good Practice Awards, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) recognised and rewarded the outstanding contribution to safe maintenance made by eight organisations and companies from across Europe. Part of EU-OSHA’s Healthy Workplaces Campaign on Safe Maintenance, the awards were presented at a ceremony hosted by the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union on the World Day for Safety and Health at Work (28th April). Entries were received from organisations of all sizes, and from a wide variety of industrial sectors, keen to demonstrate ... |
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