[obama-facts]

That's a fishy statistic if ever I saw one! Is there really such a gulf between the quality of the professional engineers in the two companies or is something going on at OSHA?

[rigelkentaurus]

Is there really such a gulf between the quality of the professional engineers in the two companies or is something going on at OSHA?

It's the quality, focus and priorities of management that generally make the difference. Companies do indeed have distinctive cultures that result in significant differences in outcomes. The difference between between BP and XOM is about the same as RATs vs Pubbies.