COMPANIES BP still has “systemic safety” issues four years after an explosion at its Texas refinery killed 15 people and injured 170, the US government said as it issued a record $87.4m (£53m) in proposed fines on the UK oil group.
Jordan Barab, acting assistant secretary of the labour department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration, said that in spite of Lord Browne being replaced as BP chief executive after the blast, BP continued to violate US safety regulations under the leadership of Tony Hayward.
