Study: BP Refineries Produce 97% of Violations

[IScreamSundays]

Source: CBS

(CBS/AP) Two BP refineries in the U.S. account for 97 percent of "egregious willful" violations given by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a Washington-based research group said.

The study by the Center for Public Integrity says the violations were found in the last three years in BP's Texas City refinery and another plant in Toledo, Ohio. In 2005, 15 people were killed in an explosion at the Texas City refinery.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab says BP has a "systemic safety problem." He told The Associated Press BP has not adequately addressed the issues, despite being fined more than $87 million.

Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA David Michaels says similar problems are pervasive throughout the U.S. petroleum industry.

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Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/17/national/main6491769.shtml?tag=stack

[havocmom]

1. But the keep getting to do things their way?

people are just parts. Corporations are all that matters, it would seem.

[Robbien]

2. So what does OSHA do about it?

Perform fewer inspections. Fewer inspections, fewer violations found.

Problem solved.

[Enthusiast]

3. Yup. nt

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. I hear that many of those BP people speak with funny accents.

Has anyone checked to see if any of the people making these bad decisions are illegal aliens?