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 Board
Texas City Refinery Explosion
Isomerization
Human Factors Influencing The Texas City Incident (PDF) (Archive.org)
Lessons from Disaster: How Organizations Have No Memory and Accidents Recur
Diesel Engine Runaway
BP Completes Sale of Texas City Refinery (Archive.org)
The Refinery Today (Archive.org)
Texas City, Texas: Google Maps Location
BPs Statement of Facts (PDF) (Archive.org)

Notes:

Original version released: 16th October, 2015
Re-written and Re-recorded: 20th August, 2023

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