The Baker Panel Report - ABSA

exceptions. For example, at Texas City more than a quarter (27 percent) of operators responded negatively. Moreover, at Toledo, 42 percent ofoperators, 31 percent of maintenance/craft technicians, 26 percent of operations management, and 22 percent of engineering professionals alsoresponded negatively.Table 42Percentages of Disagree/Tend to Disagree Responses to Survey Item:“Interlocks, alarms, and other process safety-related devices are regularly . . . [m]aintained.”Category Carson Cherry Point Texas City Toledo WhitingOperators 13 9 27 42 19Maintenance/Craft Technicians 6 6 18 31 ‡ 14Full-Time HSSE Employees 8 4 14 11 ‡ 13Engineering Professionals 18 4 18 22 18Operations Management 10 3 12 26 12Maintenance Management 12 ‡ 6 ‡ 15 * 0Contractors 7 4 6 4 5* Survey data are not available because of the small number (fewer than 15) of potential respondents.‡ Fewer than 25 respondents were in this group.A comparison of responses regarding the frequency with which process equipment was tested (see Table 41 above) and the frequency with which itwas maintained (see Table 43 below) reveals a few differences but many similarities. For example, across BP’s U.S. refineries, more than 20 percentof operators (except at Cherry Point), more than 30 percent of maintenance/craft technicians (except at Whiting), and more than 40 percent ofcontractors indicated that process equipment was not maintained regularly. In addition, 37 percent of maintenance management at Carson and26 percent of HSSE employees at Toledo responded in the same manner. Another similarity was the more positive views indicated by the responsesfrom operations management. At all the refineries except Toledo, this group had negative response rates that were less than 20 percent. Finally,Cherry Point, the same five employee groups (HSSE employees, engineering professionals, operations management, operators, and maintenancemanagement) responded positively and as shown in the table below, had negative response rates of 13 percent or less.Table 43Percentages of Agree/Tend to Agree Responses to Survey Item:“Process equipment is not regularly . . . [m]aintained.”Category Carson Cherry Point Texas City Toledo WhitingOperators 22 12 33 49 30Maintenance/Craft Technicians 42 31 34 38 ‡ 23Full-Time HSSE Employees 5 4 12 26 ‡ 13Engineering Professionals 8 5 21 19 15Operations Management 18 5 19 23 17Maintenance Management 37 ‡ 13 ‡ 17 * 3Contractors 45 43 41 56 47* Survey data are not available because of the small number (fewer than 15) of potential respondents.‡ Fewer than 25 respondents were in this group.Process Safety Management Systems C 141