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They Knew It Would Kill - 15 Contractors, One Idling Truck
They Knew It Would Kill - 15 Contractors, One Idling Truck
A diesel pickup idled twenty-five feet from a refinery stack with hydrocarbon vapor pooling at its wheels; within seconds its engine drew the fumes and fifteen people died. How did a facility flagged repeatedly for broken alarms, thinning pipe walls and an outdated venting system still place trailers within explosion range-and why were open safety recommendations ignored?
In this episode, we lay out the documented sequence of decisions, audits and conditions at the BP Texas City refinery that led to the March 23, 2005 disaster, and…
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