BP Safety still under question

Another BP refinery in the US has recieved a fine for 'wilful' safety breaches:

"USA: BP fined again for 'wilful' safety breaches

The US government safety watchdog has fined British oil giant BP PLC $3 million (£2m), citing safety problems at its Toledo, Ohio, refinery. The move comes just four months after it imposed a record safety penalty on the company over its refinery in Texas (Risks 431). The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that it had cited the Toledo refinery, which is jointly owned by BP and Canada's Husky EnergyInc., with 42 alleged wilful violations and 20 alleged serious violations for exposing workers to safety hazards. The infractions stem from an OSHA investigation at Toledo that began last September. 'OSHA has found that BP often ignored or severely delayed fixing known hazards in its refineries,' Secretary of Labor Hilda L Solis said in a statement. 'There is no excuse for taking chances with people's lives. BP must fix the hazards now.' Last October, OSHA slapped an $87 million fine on BP, the largest in the agency's history, for failing to correct safety problems identified after the 2005 explosion at Texas City. BP said it was disappointed that OSHA had chosen to characterise the majority of its audit findings as wilful. The US regulator defines wilful violations as those committed with indifference to employee safety and health, and with intentional disregard for the law".
Story from: TUC in the UK

The appauling story of BP internationally can be found on Hazards Magazine.

An example of how we have been questioning the safety of the BP Kwinana Refinery can be found here, alternatively see the search of this blog for BP is here.

What do you think the chances are of BP Kwinana refinery ever being taken to task by our authorities?