After Fatal Explosion, Driller Could Be First For OSHA Enforcement Program

A Houston-based drilling company with a lengthy record of OSHA violations and dubbed as one of the “worst safety violators in the nation” in a 2008 Senate report, could be the first to be subject to an OSHA enforcement program aimed at severe violators in the oil and gas industry after a fatal rig explosion in Oklahoma, Jordan Barab, a former Obama OSHA official says.