PM NORTHWEST INC
BP REFINERY 3901 UNICK RD, FERNDALE, WA 98248
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Aug 23, 1991#111361739Aug 23, 1991Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#111361739$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #111361739
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 23, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 26, 1991
- Contested
- Oct 17, 1991
- Final Order
- Feb 19, 1992
- Closed
- Jul 20, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 40
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Bp Refinery 3901 Unick Rd, Ferndale, WA 98248
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0240007302 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Sep 26, 1991 | Oct 17, 1991 | Feb 19, 1992 |
Jan 19, 1991#111453817Jan 19, 1991FatalityAccident (A) · Complete scope, SafetyFatality#111453817$3602 viol.2 violations$360 in penalties
Inspection #111453817
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 19, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 7, 1991
- Contested
- Mar 29, 1991
- Final Order
- Jan 7, 1992
- Closed
- Sep 23, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 25
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $2,750
- Penalties on Record
- $360
- Site Address
- Bp Refinery 3901 Unick Rd, Ferndale, WA 98248
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Seven employees burned, one died, in refinery explosion
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 0240750101 OSHA citation code: 0240750101 A | Serious | 1 | 25 | $2,750 | $360 | Jan 17, 1992 | Mar 29, 1991 | Jan 7, 1992 |
| 02001 | 0621452503 | Other | 1 | 50 | $0 | $0 | Apr 2, 1991 | Mar 29, 1991 | Jan 7, 1992 |
Mar 27, 1990#111572145Mar 27, 1990Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#111572145$05 viol.5 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111572145
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 27, 1990
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 28, 1990
- Closed
- Jun 22, 1990
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 295
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 5
- Violation Types
- 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Bp Refinery 3901 Unick Rd, Ferndale, WA 98248
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (5 of 5 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0566012303 OSHA citation code: 0566012303 E | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | May 23, 1990 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0566005907 | Other | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Jun 12, 1990 | - | - |
| 01003 | 0566009802 OSHA citation code: 0566009802 A | Other | 2 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Jun 12, 1990 | - | - |
| 01004 | 0566008302 OSHA citation code: 0566008302 C | Other | 2 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Jun 12, 1990 | - | - |
| 01005 | 0566009301 | Other | 2 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Jun 12, 1990 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
3 inspections, 1990 to 1991. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.