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Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire
Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire

Location: Richmond, CA
Final Report Released On: 01/28/2015
Company: Chevron

An August 6, 2012, release of flammable vapor led to a fire at the Chevron Refinery in Richmond, California. The CSB released three investigation reports into this incident - an Interim Report...
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Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Fatal Explosion and Fire
Tesoro Anacortes Refinery Fatal Explosion and Fire

Location: Anacortes, WA
Final Report Released On: 05/01/2014
Company: Tesoro

An explosion and fire led to the fatal injury of seven employees when a nearly forty-year-old heat exchanger catastrophically failed during a maintenance operation to switch a process stream b...
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Silver Eagle Refinery Flash Fire and Explosion and Catastrophic Pipe Explosion
Silver Eagle Refinery Flash Fire and Explosion and Catastrophic Pipe Explosion

Location: Woods Cross, UT
Final Report Released On: 04/14/2014
Company: Silver Eagle Refinery
On the evening of January 12, 2009, 2 refinery operators and 2 contractors suffered serious burns resulting from a flash fire at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. The accident occur...
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Valero McKee Refinery Propane Fire
Valero McKee Refinery Propane Fire

Location: Sunray, TX
Final Report Released On: 07/09/2008
Company: Valero

On February 16, 2007, a propane fire erupted at the Valero McKee Refinery in Sunray, Texas, north of Amarillo. Three workers suffered serious burns, and the refinery was forced to shut down. T...
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BP America (Texas City) Refinery Explosion
BP America (Texas City) Refinery Explosion

Location: Texas City, TX
Final Report Released On: 03/20/2007
Company: BP

At approximately 1:20 p.m. on March 23, 2005, a series of explosions occurred at the BP Texas City refinery during the restarting of a hydrocarbon isomerization unit. Fifteen workers were kill...
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Positive Material Verification: Prevent Errors
Positive Material Verification: Prevent Errors

Location: Texas City, TX
Final Report Released On: 10/15/2006
Company: BP Texas City
On July 28, 2005, 4 months after a devastating incident in the Isomerization (Isom) Unit that killed 15 workers and injured 180, the BP Texas City refinery experienced a major fire in the Resid H...
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Giant Industries Refinery Explosions and Fire
Giant Industries Refinery Explosions and Fire

Location: Gallup, NM
Final Report Released On: 10/26/2005
Company: Giant Industries
On April 8, 2004, four workers were seriously injured when highly flammable gasoline components were released and ignited at the Giant Industries Ciniza refinery, east of Gallup, New Mexico. The ...
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