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Valero Energy Corp.

Safety Violations (Port Arthur, TX)

Date: 04/15/2008 (Date of Announcement)

Misconduct Type: Labor

Enforcement Agency: Labor – OSHA

Contracting Party: None

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $101,750

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited Valero Energy Corp. for 13 alleged serious violations, two repeat violations and one other-than-serious violation at Valero’s Port Arthur, Texas petroleum refinery and proposed penalties totaling $101,750. According to an OSHA news release, “Serious violations include failing to: implement accurate process safety information, provide employees with accurate operating procedures, have an adequate system in place to advance recommendations from process hazard analysis and correct equipment deficiencies. A serious violation is one with potential to cause death or serious physical harm to employees when the employer knew or should have known of the hazard. The repeat violations address the company's failure to implement inspection and testing procedures that follow OSHA's standards and regulations. Repeat violations are issued when an employer previously has been cited for the same, or a substantially similar, violation that has become a final order.”