https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/05/12/uplift-tibetan-plateau-myth-151449 <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Tue, 12 May 2020 14:40:03 +0000 sb admin 151449 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/sb-admin/2020/02/03/fireflies-face-extinction-threat-due-pesticides-habitat-loss-and-light <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:26:09 +0000 sb admin 151430 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/conversation/20190429/end-not-near-if-insect-apocalypse-ever-happens-how-would-we-know-151420 <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:19:50 +0000 The Conversation 151420 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/conversation/20190411/george-monbiot-q-how-rejuvenating-nature-could-help-fight-climate-change <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:42:09 +0000 The Conversation 151418 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2017/10/30/1-is-there-an-evolutionary-advantage-to-being-stupid <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:32:58 +0000 dr. dolittle 150530 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/10/20/pollution-not-an-unavoidable-consequence-of-development <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:09:52 +0000 cmonforton 62943 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/classm/2017/09/15/the-data-gap-problem <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Fri, 15 Sep 2017 08:27:43 +0000 hrynyshyn 71064 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2017/09/11/the-trump-war-on-science-daring-blindness-denying-climate-change-destroying-the-epa-and-other-daily-disasters <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 11 Sep 2017 13:20:03 +0000 jdupuis 68085 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/classm/2017/08/29/the-limits-of-adaptation <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:57:20 +0000 hrynyshyn 71062 at https://scienceblogs.com https://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2017/08/21/nasa-team-provides-free-satellite-public-health-data-to-researchers-and-communities <span>Not an “accident”: Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffer fatal work-related injuries near Colgate, OK</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Gary Keenen, 26, and Kelsey Bellah, 27 suffered fatal traumatic injuries on Friday, December 19 while working on a drilling rig two miles west of Colgate, OK. News <a href="http://www.hngn.com/articles/53404/20141219/explosion-fire-oklahoma-oil-drilling-rig-kills-two-workers-leaves.htm">reports provide</a> some initial information on the workers’ deaths:</p> <ul> <li>The explosion and fire occurred at a rig owned by Pablo Energy.</li> <li>A representative of the State Fire Marshall’s office indicated that three other workers were injured. “Two were transported to trauma centers in critical condition, while another sustained burns to his hands."</li> </ul> <p>Current reporting does not indicate whether the deceased and injured victims worked for Pablo Energy or for another firm. OSHA's on-line inspection data does not reveal any inspections under the name Pablo Energy.</p> <p>Each year, dozens of workers in Oklahoma are fatally injured on-the-job. The Bureau of Labor Statistics <a href="http://www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/cfoi/cfch0012.pdf">reports</a> 86 work-related fatal injuries in Oklahoma during 2013 (preliminary data, most recent available.) Nationwide, at least 4,405 workers suffered fatal traumatic injuries in 2013. The AFL-CIO’s annual <a href="http://www.aflcio.org/Issues/Job-Safety/Death-on-the-Job-Report"><em>Death on the Job</em> report</a> notes:</p> <ul> <li>Federal OSHA has 19 inspectors in Oklahoma to cover more than <a href="http://www.census.gov/econ/susb/">89,000 workplaces</a>.</li> <li>The average penalty for a serious OSHA violation in Oklahoma is $1,872.</li> </ul> <p>Federal OSHA has until mid-June 2015 to issue any citations and penalties related to the incident that stole the lives of Gary Keenen and Kelsey Bellah. It’s likely they’ll determine their deaths were preventable. It was no “accident.”</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" lang about="https://scienceblogs.com/author/cmonforton" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>cmonforton</a></span> <span><time datetime="2014-12-19T07:49:24-05:00" title="Friday, December 19, 2014 - 07:49">Fri, 12/19/2014 - 07:49</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-fatalities" hreflang="en">occupational fatalities</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/occupational-health-safety" hreflang="en">Occupational Health &amp; Safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/osha" hreflang="en">OSHA</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/drilling-rig" hreflang="en">drilling rig</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/gary-keenan" hreflang="en">Gary Keenan</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/kelsey-bellah" hreflang="en">Kelsey Bellah</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/pablo-energy" hreflang="en">Pablo Energy</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/worker-fatality" hreflang="en">worker fatality</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/not-accident" hreflang="en">not an accident</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="https://scienceblogs.com/tag/safety" hreflang="en">safety</a></div> </div> </div> <section> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"></li></ul> Mon, 21 Aug 2017 07:23:31 +0000 lborkowski 62909 at https://scienceblogs.com