Fatal BP-Husky Fuel Refinery Fire Linked to Weak Safety Policies

Fuel refineries need to ensure overflows of hazardous liquid chemicals are carefully managed to avoid explosions and injuring workers, a federal regulatory agency warned Monday in a report about a 2022 blast that killed two workers at a former BP-Husky Energy plant in Ohio.

There was confusion among the Oregon, Ohio, facility’s staff in the hours leading up to the explosion of liquid and vaporized naphtha on Sept. 20, 2022, according to the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board’s report.

“Nearly everything that could go wrong did go wrong during this incident,” CSB Chairperson Steve Owens ...