In 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration fined the company a record $ 16 million for its delayed response in notifying the government about defects.
Not exact matches
Wiese told several hundred oil and gas pipeline compliance officers that his agency, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials
Administration (PHMSA), has «very few tools to work with» in enforcing safety rules even after Congress in 2011 allowed it to impose higher
fines on
companies that cause major accidents.
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration (OSHA) is charged with protecting oil rig employees and other U.S. laborers from unsafe working conditions, and they have
fined oil and gas
companies millions of dollars for neglecting to provide an adequately safe work environment.
According to OSHA, the
company was issued nearly $ 14,000 in
fines because it failed to meet the
administration's safety standards.