New BP investigation by CSB
The US Chemical Safety Board has announced that is proceeding with a full investigation of another tragic accident at the Texas City refinery accident that caused the death of a BP superviser on January 14, 2008, This is the third fatality at the refinery since the March 2005 explosion.
A BP supervisor, Mr. Joseph Gracia, was fatally injured when the top of a large steel filter housing suddenly blew off in the refinery's ultracracker unit.
The goal of the investigation is to determine as precisely as possible what happened to cause this unfortunate event and to make recommendations to BP and others to prevent similar accidents in the future. Conducting this investigation will take a number of months.
