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June 21, 2007

New standards to protect oil refinery workers

WASHINGTON (AP) — An oil industry trade group said Wednesday it has developed standards to better protect workers from explosions like the 2005 Texas refinery explosion that killed 15 people and injured 170.

The American Petroleum Institute's new standards, to be published today, are designed to meet the demands of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board that made an “urgent” recommendation in October 2005, requiring refineries to limit how close workers' portable trailers can be placed near potentially hazardous operations.


 
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