Texas City

Could It Happen Here?

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

In the wake of last week's catastrophic explosion at the British Petroleum refinery in Texas City, Texas, the natural question is, how safe are California refineries?It's probably wise never to say never, but lessons learned from the 1999 Tosco Refinery disaster in Martinez have been put to work to make another major incident less likely, Cal/OSHA says.In the Texas incident, 15 workers were killed and about 100 injured when a unit that boosts gasoline octane at the massive complex e

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