November 19, 2012 at 05:56 PM
Worker safety advocates called the U.S. government's $4.5 billion fine against BP Exploration and Production Inc. a “drop in the bucket” and “pathetic,” with one group pointing to the fine as it renewed its call for OSH Act reforms. The groups say the settlement over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico does little to act as a deterrent to potential bad actors, noting that an oil rig explosion in the gulf occurred just a day after the BP settlement was announced Thursday (Nov. 15). Tom O’Connor, executive director, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, who c