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So between the safety alarms to detect dangerous gas build ups being routinely disabled on the Deepwater Horizon rig and the safety alarms to detect methane build up being routinely disabled in the Virgina mine where the explosion occurred last year I'm wondering if any safety standards at all get enforced in US workplaces.

Oh and I'm really hoping both the US government goes after the companies in a major way, and that the families of the dead and injured sue them. Seriously, that is incredibly bad.

Mostly though I'm hoping that the US government beefs up the standards and inspection requirements and starts cracking down on violations. I can't see that anything will change otherwise.