SAN FRANCISCO - On July10 Cal-OSHA cited Tosco Refining and Marketing Co. for 22 alleged violations of Title 8 safety regulations. That concludes the (civil) investigation of the January 21, 1997, fatal explosion at the Martinez, CA, plant. (But the Bureau of Investigations is still involved.)Deputy Chief Mark Carleson said Cal-OSHA did not believe that Tosco had used recognized and generally accepted good engineering procedures in operation of the plant's Hydrocracker Unit. "The Process Safety Managem
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