The Baker Panel Report - ABSA

Survey data on understanding of process safety risks. Impressions of employees and contractors at BP’s U.S. refineries were very mixed onwhether the training they had received provided them with a clear understanding of process safety risks at their refineries. Several employeegroups had relatively positive responses, as indicated by the fact that at all refineries except Texas City, one or more groups provided negativeresponse rates below ten percent. On the other hand, some of the highest percentages of negative responses came from maintenance/crafttechnicians and from contractors. Specifically, negative response rates for maintenance/craft technicians ranged from a low of 19 percent atCherry Point to a high of 44 percent at Toledo, and four refineries had negative response rates in excess of 30 percent. In addition, negativeresponse rates for contractors ranged from a low of 29 percent at Carson and Cherry Point to a high of 39 percent at Texas City.Table 47Percentage of Agree/Tend to Agree Responses to Survey Item:“The training that I have received does not provide me with a clear understandingof the process safety risks at my refinery.”Category Carson Cherry Point Texas City Toledo WhitingOperators 18 10 35 26 18Maintenance/Craft Technicians 35 19 42 44‡ 32Full-Time HSSE Employees 8 15 17 42‡ 8Engineering Professionals 8 12 20 11 17Operations Management 10 10 17 7 21Maintenance Management 0 ‡ 6 ‡ 26 * 12Contractors 29 29 39 35 38* Survey data are not available because of the small number (fewer than 15) of potential respondents.‡ Fewer than 25 respondents were in this group.Survey data on adequacy of training. As seen in the following four tables, survey responses revealed that workers had mixed perceptionsabout whether they and others had received necessary process safety training to do their jobs safely. In regard to an item addressing thetraining of new workers, responses were generally positive, especially at Carson and Cherry Point. Concurrently at these two refineries, thenegative response rates did not exceed 15 percent for contractors or any of the six employee groups shown in the table below. Four employeegroups at Carson had negative response rates of ten percent or less, and all six employee groups at Cherry Point had negative response rates ofless than ten percent. At Texas City, however, operators, maintenance/craft technicians, HSSE employees, and engineering professionals hadnegative response rates of 20 percent or more. In addition, at Toledo, operators and maintenance/craft technicians had negative response ratesin excess of 20 percent.Process Safety Management Systems C 159