BP Refinery Accident Pinned on Equipment, Staffing

by Frank Langfitt, NPR

Faulty equipment and staff reductions contributed to an accident at BP's Texas City refinery last year, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board finds in a preliminary report. Fifteen people were killed, and another 100 injured, making it the nation's worst industrial accident in over a decade.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, October 31, 2006