Anti-reg environment to blame for fertilizer plant explosion, says National COSH
Group: Texas has disregard for workers’ well-being
An occupational safety organization says last week’s deadly fertilizer plant explosion in Texas is the result of that state’s anti-regulatory environment.
The explosion at the West Fertilizer Company killed 14 people and injured many more. It also caused massive destruction in the area around the facility, leveling an estimated 80 homes and severely damaging an apartment complex and nursing home.