The BP Texas City Oil Refinery disaster in 2005 shocked the world. With many safe-guards in place and lost-time injury rates so low, how could so many people be killed in a wholly preventable disaster?
With John Chidgey.
Links of potential interest:
The U.S. Chemical Safety BoardTexas City Refinery ExplosionIsomerizationHuman Factors Influencing The Texas City Incident (PDF) (Archive.org)Lessons from Disaster: How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents RecurDiesel Engine RunawayBP Completes Sale of Texas City Refinery (Archive.org)The Refinery Today (Archive.org)Texas City, Texas: Google Maps LocationBPs Statement of Facts (PDF) (Archive.org)Original version released: 16th October, 2015Re-written and Re-recorded: 20th August, 2023
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Episode Gold Producers:
'r' and Steven Bridle.
Episode Silver Producers:
Mitch Biegler, Shane O'Neill, Lesley, Jared Roman, Joel Maher, Katharina Will, Chad Juehring, Dave Jones and Kellen Frodelius-Fujimoto.