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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) last week announced a final rule that separates the federal regulations that govern offshore energy and resource development between the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), effective October 1, 2011.

The deaths of two workers in a flash fire at a Texas boat repair facility earlier this year led to an OSHA investigation that resulted in 40 violations against Texas Barge & Boat, Inc.

Recently, I called customer service for a company I do business with.

Safety signs are a necessary component for warning and communicating messages or notices to employees and customers. 

This past April, a retired teacher posted this comment on risk communication expert Peter Sandman’s Guestbook on his web  site www.psandman.com/gst2011.htm#children.

The concepts for Human Performance Improvement (HPI) have been advocated for use in safety programs for a number of years. 

How can top leaders be unaware of illegal practices, like the Murdoch organizational problems in Great Britain with the hacking of cell phones and paying off of police? 

In construction work, falls are the leading cause of worker fatalities. 

The businesses I work with are all re-thinking their strategies to one extent or another. 

I know safety professionals who see their role from a “power and control” perspective as opposed to a “consultative” perspective.