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BP safety culture under attack

By Sheila McNulty in Houston

Published: March 20 2007 02:00 | Last updated: March 20 2007 02:00

The head of the US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board said yesterday she was "absolutely terrified" that a weak safety culture could have existed at BP.

The comments from the CSB, the main government body investigating the accident, come ahead of today's release of what is expected to be a strongly critical report on the Texas refinery explosion. The final report from its investigation has been two years in the making.

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