BP hasn't stumbled it just kills and maims all the time!

What a classic BP is claiming it has stumbled in OHS reponsibilities over the last few months! To me BP has never even got close to complying with it's OHS responsibilities and you just have to look back to Longford in Victoria to see the truth! Not only did it kill workers with the Longford explosion it set out $Millions to try and blame a supervisor for it's failure to adequately resource safety. So we know the truth but they still lie about the state of safety in the organisation, instead of actually addressing the issues.

Imagine if they spent all the $Billions from propaganda saying how good they do OHS, on real OHS initiatives! They could actually improve workers conditions but no some Public Relations manager wouldn't have that or the current crop of uneducated safety managers becuase it might put them out of a job in favour of saving lives. A great big pffffffffffffftttttttttttttttttt


09/19/2006
BP Exec Addresses Safety Shortcomings

BP has "stumbled" in recent months in meeting its occupational safety and health goals. According to the Bloomberg news service, that's what Robert Malone, the company's chief U.S. executive, told a congressional energy subcommittee.

Malone also described BP's intention to create an independent board of experts that will issue recommendations for improvements. The action comes in light of a record-breaking pipeline spill on Alaska's North Slope this summer.

According to Malone's prepared testimony, "We have fallen short of the high standards we hold for ourselves and the expectations that others have for us."

Also at the hearing, Representative Bart Stupak, D-Mich., reported that BP had "apparently created a chilling atmosphere for workers to report health and safety issues."

Stupak said he questions whether budgetary pressures affected the actions of the BP corrosion monitoring group. The former chief of corrosion inspection for BP Alaska apparently had been called to testify before the panel but declined, citing constitutional protections against self-incrimination.

A BP official who did testify said that several years ago, BP had received anonymous phone messages indicating that contractors had falsified corrosion inspection reports. An audit revealed that a small percentage of the inspections had been falsified. BP allegedly fired that contractor.

In a related development, BP has announced that Stanley Sporkin, a former federal judge, has been brought in to serve as an ombudsman. He will be a conduit for complaints by U.S. workers of any corporate wrongdoing.