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Originally Posted by RWebb
Tesoro has a pretty poor safety record what with the refineries blowing up and killing workers, and has been successfully sued by several school districts for polluting children's drinking water.
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As usual, webb shows his ignorance about subject he knows little about or simply exaggerates to the point of intentional deception.
This is a dangerous business and anyone who says it isn't is lying. But Tesoro is an industry leader in safety.
There was a very unfortunate accident that occured 2 years ago where 7 of our brother workers lost their lives due to a heat exchanger rupturing from hydrogen embrittlement. We still grieve over that loss.
But to use that to sum up a safety record for 7 refineries over decades of operation is misleading at best, sleazy at worst.
Tesoro recieves safety awards every year from organizations like the NPRA (national petroleum refiners association) for being an industry leader in safety.
In an industry that is inherently fraught with danger, one of the most dangerous manufacturing industries there is, Tesoro has a TRIR (total recordable injury rate) of 0.47
Go ahead and ask someone in the safety business just how good that is.
Maybe Hugh will chime in, he knows just how good that is.
Companies like Apple or Microsoft dream of a safety record that good, and their biggest worry is a paper cut or someone tripping on a rug. Not containing a 2000 psi mixture of 900 degree oil and hydrogen.
At the Los Angeles refinery in 2011 they had a TRIR of 0.00
ZERO OSHA recordable injustries for the entire calendar year with approximately 850 full time employees.
How many billion dollar industrial manufacturing facilities can say that?
I bet you could count them on one hand.