FlowingData shows OSHA citations issued to BP refining over June 2007-Feb 2010. Not only did BP get many more citations per barrel processed, they were overwhelmingly of a more serious nature than the citations issued to other US refiners. Maybe there is something fundamental I don't understand about OSHA citations, but these numbers make BP refining look very bad, maybe even evil. The numbers are particularly bad as they all come after BP's 2005 Texas City explosion, when BP supposedly got religion about safety and operations.
Monday, June 07, 2010
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Without actually reviewing the primary source information you link to, one reason I would suggest that OSHA violations go up after the Texas City explosion, is that the government inspectors tend to get more interested in your business when you kill a bunch of people.
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