Blast from the past. Have not heard Hudson and Landry since Jr. high school. Always loved the proud bird with a cast iron tail.
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From what I remember, the facility in West hadn't been inspected in some years. I think IIRC, it had sort of fallen through the cracks for inspections. That doesn't negate the responsibility in any way for what happened though.
And here is my standing on that. In many industries, there are inherent dangers that go with them. Whether someone is looking over our shoulder and inspecting our procedures, or not, it's still the responsibility of everyone involved to monitor safety procedures and make sure they are being followed at all times. From the top, all the way to the bottom.
The silos in west would be filled one day and empty the next. There was much talk about them not reporting the amount of AN they had on site, but it was nothing more than media fodder since by the time the reported amount was documented the silos would be empty again.
It’s a matter of regulation not really aligning with reality, which isn’t uncommon.
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I found this about the explosion, and the OSHA inspections. Last inspection was in 1985!
At the time of the incident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) had last inspected the plant in 1985. According to records obtained by the Associated Press, OSHA cited the plant for improper storage of anhydrous ammonia and fined it $30. OSHA could have fined the company as much as $1,000. OSHA also cited the plant for violations of respiratory protection standards, but did not impose a fine. OSHA officials said the facility was not on their "National Emphasis Plan" for inspections, because it was not a manufacturer, had no record of a major accident, and the Environmental Protection Agency did not consider it a major risk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Fertilizer_Company_explosion
BP inherited that plant when they bought Amoco some time ago. Amoco never had a good safety attitude/culture.Just finished Andrew Hopkins' Failure to Learn about the 2005 Texas City oil refinery explosion. It was a requirement for the TXSG CGSC course I'm in. Took me about two days to get through it, and include taking 13 pages of notes. It's obviously written from a safety expert's biased viewpoint, but as usual it was a series of mistakes that killed 15, injured nearly 200 and cost BP billions of dollars.
I doubt Beirut has any kind of oversight which could have prevented it, like Chernobyl.
But it scares me to think how many other shitholes I've been to or will be going to that have had similar circumstances where a similar event could happen.
Better lucky then good, I guess...