As of March 20, Mathew Roberts, in a chemical plant on the edge of Baton Rouge, on the edge of Louisiana, crashed with a forklift. It is unanswered and in a critical condition, the war veteran, known for the two and the Iraq war veteran, a large laugh and warm smile, was taken to a local hospital injured in Nutrien nitrogen plant.
The US Entertainment Security and Health Department, along with local law enforcement agencies, but Roberts’ family members still have answers, he said.
According to a study using the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the sixth most dangerous state for employees in the United States is not unusual. More than 200 chemical plant and processing plant, oil chemistry Rouge was called “Cancer Alley”, called “Cancer Alley” associated with oil chemicals located 85 miles of the Mississippi River.
In recent years, many chemical plants were performed or explosions in the state. In December, a possible explosion occurred in Westlake Corp. in a chemical plant that is not far from the Nutrien plant. In October, four workers were sent to the hospital after Ammonia in the formosa plastic plant. In September, two people were injured in a hydrogen gas explosion at the nearby Chevron Renewable Energy Group.
A few weeks ago in the Roberts crash, the government’s efficiency department, which investigates the death of Roberts, said he will close the OSHA field offices, including the death of Roberts. This agency is the only office in Louisiana, and its potential closing is a concern among security experts. Closes are not security in US cooperation, but the controller in OSHA remains “.
Explained the Department of Working Department of Labor The capital and the main“Occupational safety and health management inspectors continue to conduct legal requests and are directed to the main mission of OSHA to prevent injury, disease and death and promote safe and healthy jobs for our employees.”
A spokesperson for the Doge did not answer The capital and the mainRequired for comments.
The former OSHA director David Michaels said: “These large oil and petrochemicals, a dangerous dangers for significant security and health, will now be checked for less frequently.” By closing the administration, the government will save $ 109,346, according to the DOG.
Michaels will be forced to choose OSHA employees in the office between leaving OSHA or transfer to another region of hundreds of miles. Baton Rouge Office said that the workers were not aware of any design, and said that rumors have not been changed since the announcement of the DoGe in mid-March.
“We are still here, but do not do things,” he said, “A staff who did not want to not be afraid will endanger their work.
In addition to the Baton Rouge office, which holds 386 employees in 386 workplaces in 386 work and seriously violations, Doge plans to close field offices in Houston and Mobile. “These gardens will result in more injuries, illness and death,” said Michaels.
The effectiveness of the mandate will affect the workers, Bernard Fontaine Jr., former OSHA Compatibility Officer.
“What they are trying to combine the offices and reduce costs,” Fontaine said. “However, the impact of services intends to decrease sharply so that people will not apply for a long time. Then someone can be very sick.”
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