July 25, 2012 by Fred Hosier
“Don’t sweat the small stuff,” an old saying goes. A federal investigation into the Deepwater Horizon explosion that killed 11 workers says BP was doing just that at the expense of paying attention to more serious safety hazards.
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Tags: BP, Chemical Safety Board, Deepwater Horizon, process safety
January 13, 2011 by Fred Hosier
The Presidential commission investigating the BP oil spill says the oil and gas industry needs to take bold action to make it clear that business will no longer be conducted as usual in the Gulf of Mexico. In a nutshell, one section of the report says BP and other companies working in the Gulf need to change their safety cultures.
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Tags: BP spill, presidential commission, process safety, safety culture, Transocean
October 24, 2008 by Fred Hosier
When OSHA inspects chemical plants, petroleum refineries and other complex operations, any process safety violations will add up quickly to significant fines.
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Tags: inspection, OSHA fine, process safety
