04/11/2015
A new database which names and shames the top offenders when it comes to violating health and safety and environment regulations has been launched in America.
Unsurprisingly, the top offender is BP, who in July this year reached an agreement to pay up to $18.7 billion to the United States government and five coastal states, in response to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, which killed eleven workers and resulted in the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry.
According to the database, BP has 66 recorded violations -- most of them smaller than $100,000 -- from a variety of subsidiaries.
Virginia-based mining company Alpha Natural Resources tops the list with the highest number of offences, with nearly 2,500 violations and over $500 million in fines since 2010.
When contacted, the HSE knew of no similar database available in the UK, and the organisation itself does not publish league tables as such.
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