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Report on BP spill: Have to change ‘business as usual’


January 13, 2011 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: BP, Fatality, In this week's e-newsletter, Investigations, Latest News & Views, risk assessment

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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Process safety violations prove costly: Big fine


October 24, 2008 by Fred Hosier
Posted in: Investigations, Latest News & Views, OSHA news

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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