With yet again another accident within the oil industry, the United Steelworkers (USW) union today again called for an overhaul of health and safety within the oil sector.

Last reports have 15 workers injured, including seven critically, and at least 11 others missing after an explosion and fire Tuesday night on the Deepwater Horizon oil-drilling rig located in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said most of the 126 people on the rig were thought to have escaped safely after the explosion at about 10 p.m. Tuesday. The cause(s) of the explosion are unknown at this time ... more