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In Race For Better Cell Phone Service, Workers Who Climb Towers Pay With Their Lives

Posted on: Jun 8, 2012, Source: ProPublica

Between 2003 and 2011, 50 climbers died working on cell sites, more than half of the nearly 100 who were killed on communications towers.

Years of Internal BP Probes Warned That Neglect Could Lead to Accidents

Posted on: Jun 10, 2010, Source: ProPublica

Internal investigations warned BP for years that the company had created a culture of disregard for safety and environmental rules and risked a serious accident.