BP Revises Blame for March Refinery Blast Wed May 25, 7:55 AM ET
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=5&u=/ap/20050 525/ap_on_re_us/bp_plant_explosion_1 HOUSTON - BP PLC has backed off its earlier report that workers were primarily to blame for a March refinery explosion that killed 15 people a report criticized by union officials. BP officials said Monday that while worker error was a critical factor in the March 23 blast in Texas City, it was not the deeper cause. The company said it had not yet identified the cause. "We simply used the wrong language to describe the report's findings," BP spokesman Hugh Depland said Monday of the interim report released last week. "Our fault." Since the initial report, BP has taken heat from union leaders and victims, who said BP was blaming low- and midlevel workers and ignoring management responsibility. "As far as I'm concerned they tried to put the blame on lower-level workers and make them scapegoats," said Gary Beevers, region director of the United Steelworkers. "We are going forward with our own investigation." Last week, Ross Pillari, president of Houston-based BP Products North America, said the core issue was workers not following procedures, and that supervisors and hourly workers face discipline. The blast, which began in a unit that boosts the octane level of gasoline, occurred when it was brought up to full production after a two-week shutdown for routine maintenance. More than 170 workers were injured. "The core issue here is people not following procedures," Pillari said at the time. "If they had ... followed procedures, the accident wouldn't have happened." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Take a look at donorschoose.org, an excellent charitable web site for anyone who cares about public education! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_OLuKD/8WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
