Experts Ask Task Force on Industrial Accidents
- Share via
GENEVA — Safety experts on Tuesday proposed setting up an international task force to help prevent major industrial accidents such as the gas leak that killed more than 2,000 people in Bhopal, India, last year.
In a report at the end of a weeklong meeting, the 15-member group said the International Labor Organization should assemble the task force to advise governments and factory-inspection agencies.
It also urged the labor organization to prepare a manual on hazard control.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
In Season 2 of “Crimes of the Times,” host Christopher Goffard revisits one of the longest and most bizarre murder trials in U.S. history.
On this week’s bonus, Madison McGhee and Jake Deptula share some of their more controversial takes on today’s true crime beat.
In this episode, Sammy Roth speaks with geography professor James McCarthy, who’s studied how authoritarianism and environmental destruction can be deeply intertwined.
