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vpribish ◴[] No.44361823[source]
You have to check out their incredible safety investigation videos on youtube. I don't know how well-organized or efficient they are but clearly their role needs to be played by someone - and as a taxpayer I appreciate that they are doing it in a way that educates and informs.
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Hawxy ◴[] No.44362039[source]
> I don't know how well-organized or efficient they are

They're 50 employees with an annual budget of $14.4 million. The cost/benefit ratio here is very good.

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SoftTalker[dead post] ◴[] No.44362131[source]
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Rebelgecko ◴[] No.44362153[source]
Why would they want to fund a group that calls them out for taking deadly shortcuts to save money?
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1. SoftTalker ◴[] No.44370478[source]
How does a massive chemical accident, or explosion that destroys a manufacturing facility, creating huge civil liability, "save money?" Or why they wouldn't want to learn from the mishaps of others to avoid massively costly accidents themselves.

TFA says the chemical industry supports the mission and role of the CSB. It's trivially cheap in the scope of the whole industry, so they could just support it themselves.

The CSB isn't a regulator. They don't write rules or impose fines. They investigate accidents, identify causes, and things that could have been done to prevent the accidents.