Labor Department wants to know how SeaWorld is keeping trainers safe

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The U.S. Labor Department asked a court to compel Blackstone Group LP’s SeaWorld of Florida LLC to report how the marine theme park is easing hazards discovered after a trainer died in an attack by a killer whale. SeaWorld has declined to provide three managers for interviews about steps taken after the six-ton whale grabbed Dawn Brancheau at the Orlando, Florida, facility in 2010.

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If I were a spokesperson for SeaWorld, my response would be "None of your business."

^oi. the gov'ment know less about the safety of sea animals than the sea world trainers do.....

I don't necessarily think the DOL knows better than Sea World but I think it would be in everyone's interest to share best practices. Is employee safety really a trade secret?

bjames said:
^oi. the gov'ment know less about the safety of sea animals than the sea world trainers do.....

DoL isn't charged with the safety of the animals, their job is to protect the humans from job-related injury or death.

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