| An independent investigative panel led by former Secretary of State James Baker found that BP's U.S. refineries did not have adequate process safety programs, the lack of which led to the fatal accident at its Texas City facility in 2005. The company mistakenly understood personal safety performance to be the same as process safety performance. However, there was no evidence that BP's safety program suffered as a result of cost cutting measures. The panel charged the company's board of directors to introduce a new safety culture, including a comprehensive process safety program, and follow their progress over the next few years. The company announced that it has already taken a number of measures and will implement the recommendations. In the report, the panel also calls on other companies to consider its recommendations and apply them where appropriate. (See "Change of Leadership" article in the Personnel section.) |
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