The rollbacks have been so sharp that some within the oil and gas industry have quietly suggested they could be setting the stage
for safety failures.
«At a time when we have seen repeated
food safety failures at FDA and USDA, we need more food safety protection, not less,» states Jean Halloran, Director of Food Policy Initiatives at Consumers Union (publisher of Consumer Reports).
Many academic institutions, Kaufman adds, show «a disregard that runs from the top of the organization to the bottom,» and
safety failures rarely damage powerful professorial careers involving large grants.
«We want to know if this tragedy could have been prevented and what can be done to ensure the loss of life due to
safety failures like this don't happen again,» Upton said in a statement.
The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points system is a universally recognized approach for preventing
food safety failures.
A tourist who flew on the exact same helicopter that fatally crashed in the East River says her seat belt came undone mid-flight as her legs dangled over the side — and the company tried to blame her for
the safety failure.
Previous exploration was stopped after an oil rig fire and
safety failures.
The majority of organisations are also unaware of how much they are actually losing due to
safety failures, or how much could be lost if their controls fail.
In California, you might also hold someone responsible for
the safety failure for negligence or breach of warranty.
The new regime means courts can now hand out Publicity Orders to firms and public bodies where gross corporate health and
safety failures have caused a person's death.