Alleging that a Bakersfield refinery practices poor process management (PSM), leading to a January 2005 explosion that killed one worker and burned two others, California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) has issued 11 citations, 10 of them classified serious, with penalties of more than $80,000. Workers at Kern Oil and Refining Co. were cleaning clogged pumps during start-up operations on the facili
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