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Article

8 Mar 2010

Author:
Erwin Seba, Reuters

BP faces $3 mln safety fines for Ohio refinery [US]

...U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced dozens of safety violations found at the BP-Husky refinery in Toledo, Ohio, that could cost…more than $3 million in fines. "OSHA has found that BP often ignored or severely delayed fixing known hazards in its refineries," said U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis in a statement…"The Toledo refinery's 2009 rate of recordable injuries was more than 25 percent lower than the refining industry average," said BP spokesman Scott Dean in a statement…An internal OSHA memo… said problems with pressure relief valves at the Toledo refinery were "similar to the conditions… shortly before the massive 2005 Texas City refinery explosion." A Husky Energy spokesman said the company had no immediate comment and would probably defer to BP, which operates the plant…