B P OIL COMPANY
3901 UNICK RD, FERNDALE, WA 98248
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Inspection records
Mar 17, 1993#111345237Mar 17, 1993Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#111345237$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111345237
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 17, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 17, 1993
- Closed
- Mar 17, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 280
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3901 Unick Road, Ferndale, WA 98248
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Mar 20, 1992#115534356Mar 20, 1992Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#115534356$3,3503 viol.3 violations$3,350 in penalties
Inspection #115534356
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 20, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 20, 1992
- Contested
- Jul 20, 1992
- Final Order
- Dec 11, 1992
- Closed
- May 24, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $5,500
- Penalties on Record
- $3,350
- Site Address
- 3901 Unick Road, 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 (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0440410501 | Serious | 1 | 14 | $1,500 | $350 | Jul 27, 1992 | Jul 20, 1992 | Dec 11, 1992 |
| 01002 | 0440410502 OSHA citation code: 0440410502 D | Serious | 3 | 14 | $2,500 | $1,500 | Jul 27, 1992 | Jul 20, 1992 | Dec 11, 1992 |
| 01003 | 440.5105 | Serious | 1 | 14 | $1,500 | $1,500 | Jul 27, 1992 | Jul 20, 1992 | Dec 11, 1992 |
Aug 23, 1991#111361721Aug 23, 1991Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#111361721$02 viol.2 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111361721
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 23, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 26, 1991
- Closed
- Oct 8, 1991
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3901 Unick Road, Ferndale, WA 98248
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 0240007302 | Other | 1 | 3 | $0 | $0 | Sep 26, 1991 | - | - |
| 01002 | 0240007302 | Other | 1 | 5 | $0 | $0 | Sep 26, 1991 | - | - |
Jan 19, 1991#111453494Jan 19, 1991FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#111453494$135,71016 viol.16 violations$135,710 in penalties
Inspection #111453494
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 19, 1991
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 12, 1991
- Final Order
- Nov 19, 1993
- Closed
- Jan 3, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 300
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 16
- Violation Types
- 14 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $135,710
- Penalties on Record
- $135,710
- Site Address
- 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 killed, in refinery explosion
Violations
Violation list (12 of 16 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01004 | 0241101505 OSHA citation code: 0241101505 B | Serious | 2 | 26 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01005 | 0240007301 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $40,000 | $40,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01006 | 0241101504 OSHA citation code: 0241101504 A | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01007 | 0240007301 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01008 | 0240007301 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01009 | 0241101704 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01010 | 0240002001 OSHA citation code: 0240002001 C | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01011 | 0240007301 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01012 | 0240007301 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01013 | 0240007301 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01014 | 0241100701 | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
| 01015 | 0240750101 OSHA citation code: 0240750101 A | Serious | 2 | 26 | $5,000 | $5,000 | Nov 19, 1993 | - | Nov 19, 1993 |
Showing the 12 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 16 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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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.
4 inspections, 1991 to 1993. 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.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.