The steelworkers union of USA has published an article mentioning that Oil refiners fail to learn from past safety incidents and near misses. This was published in 2009. The article mentions the following:
"OSHA is seeing the same problems repeatedly at refineries as it inspects them as part of its national emphasis inspection program. In the first year of the inspection program OSHA issued nearly 350 process safety management (PSM) citations to 14 refiners. The OSHA statement said the agency sent letters to the management of more than 100 oil refineries, providing them with data on compliance issues found under the emphasis program and urging them to comply with the (PSM) standard.
The API and industry are fighting us on the level of transparency and public reporting for process safety performance indicators.The goal of such transparency and public reporting is to allow refiners and petrochemical companies to learn from each other so accidents and catastrophic events are prevented.
This process also makes the companies more accountable to their workers and the communities where their refineries and petrochemical plants are located. It forces them to not just say they are being safety conscious, but to show they’re actually doing something about it".
Read the article in this link
UPDATE: An article published on Sept. 23rd, 2011 mentions the following:
"The lead negotiator for the United Steelworkers said the union representing employees at 69 U.S. oil refineries is prepared to strike if companies don’t agree to stricter safety procedures at plants and pipelines.
The USW, which failed during contract negotiations in 2009 to get companies to agree to have a USW-trained safety specialist at each refinery, will make a similar demand during talks that begin in January for a new three-year pact, Gary Beevers, a USW vice president, said today."
Read the article in this link.
"OSHA is seeing the same problems repeatedly at refineries as it inspects them as part of its national emphasis inspection program. In the first year of the inspection program OSHA issued nearly 350 process safety management (PSM) citations to 14 refiners. The OSHA statement said the agency sent letters to the management of more than 100 oil refineries, providing them with data on compliance issues found under the emphasis program and urging them to comply with the (PSM) standard.
The API and industry are fighting us on the level of transparency and public reporting for process safety performance indicators.The goal of such transparency and public reporting is to allow refiners and petrochemical companies to learn from each other so accidents and catastrophic events are prevented.
This process also makes the companies more accountable to their workers and the communities where their refineries and petrochemical plants are located. It forces them to not just say they are being safety conscious, but to show they’re actually doing something about it".
Read the article in this link
UPDATE: An article published on Sept. 23rd, 2011 mentions the following:
"The lead negotiator for the United Steelworkers said the union representing employees at 69 U.S. oil refineries is prepared to strike if companies don’t agree to stricter safety procedures at plants and pipelines.
The USW, which failed during contract negotiations in 2009 to get companies to agree to have a USW-trained safety specialist at each refinery, will make a similar demand during talks that begin in January for a new three-year pact, Gary Beevers, a USW vice president, said today."
Read the article in this link.
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