Fast forward to 3pm on 6 December 2011, 30 miles away in the state capital of Charleston: the US Mining Safety and Health Administration released its investigation report concluding that the disaster was "entirely preventable", caused in part by a pattern of major safety problems and Massey's efforts to conceal hazards from government inspectors.
Ethical analysis may assure society that the expansive promise of nanotechnology does not conceal hazards and risks for workers.
In addition, the state maintained that defendants concealed these hazards from the public or misrepresented that they were safe.
13 Most consumers do not appreciate the hazard concealed therein.
Most consumers do not recognise the hazard concealed therein and will have difficulties in, or not attempt to decipher the often illegible text in the list of ingredients.
Before #MeToo, several states, including Florida, Washington, and Louisiana, already had "sunshine in litigation" laws, which prohibit confidentiality provisions if they conceal "public hazards," such as dangers to general health or safety.
A1 A National Tobacco Trial A federal appeals court in New York is reviewing a controversial decision by a Brooklyn judge, who ruled two years ago that he would subject tobacco companies to a single national trial that would determine once and for all whether they should be assessed punitive damages for concealing the hazards of smoking.
Instead of seeking wrist-slapping penalties under weak mining laws, the United States attorney, R. Booth Goodwin II, filed fraud charges, accusing Gary May of plotting with others "known and unknown" to conceal lethal hazards, doctor safety records and manipulate ventilation equipment and machinery to foil inspectors and leave miners at risk for their lives.
Workplace safety experts warn that the rollback of the OSHA record-keeping rule will enable unscrupulous companies to fudge their injury data and conceal ongoing hazards from regulators.
Last month, three communities in California sued 37 oil, gas and coal companies including Exxon Mobil, Shell and Chevron for their alleged contributions to sea level rise and for concealing the hazards posed by global warming.
Florida, for instance, forbids court orders that have the effect of "concealing a public hazard".
