The mother and son of a Friendswood man who died after being burned in an explosion at a Dow Chemical Co. plant in Deer Park last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the chemical manufacturer, a subsidiary and two employees.  More »

Federal safety regulators are investigating the blowout of an Anadarko Petroleum Corp. well in West Texas that killed two workers and sent three to the hospital, the company said.  More »

Federal documents show inspectors found safety violations at the site of every worker fatality in the Eagle Ford Shale since 2009 and often concluded that companies hadn’t taken adequate steps to keep their workers safe.  More »

Oil and gas field services and drilling workers were killed on the job in Texas more than those in any other profession, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis.  More »

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration launched a month-long health and safety training program for the oil and gas industry today, targeting corporations in Texas and several surrounding states.  More »

Workplace safety regulations don’t kill jobs; they keep jobs from killing workers.  More »

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has handed down 30 citations to Piping Technology and Products Inc., the company’s third run-in with the federal agency since 2004.  More »

(Corrects reference to BP’s second-quarter 2010 earnings in the sixth paragraph.) Ironically, the federal government began the process of fining the companies involved in the Deepwater Horizon accident just as major oil companies, including BP, are set to report third-quarter earnings. The numbers won’t be as strong as investors had hoped, but Barclays is predicting [...]  More »

The Labor Department has cited an ExxonMobil refinery in Baton Rouge for allegedly exposing workers to fire hazards.  More »

OSHA’s South area office in Houston launched an investigation at Pasadena Refining Services in June as part of its national program on process safety management of refineries.  More »