New U.S. Chemical Safety Board Video on Fatal BP-Husky Refinery Fire Surpasses 500,000 Views in Just One Week

Washington, D.C., October 8, 2026 - A new safety video released just last week by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) already has been viewed more than 500,000 times since it was posted on the CSB's YouTube channel on September 30.

The new video, titled "Alarming Mistakes, Deadly Decisions: Fatal Fire at BP-Husky", examines the massive September 2022 fire at the BP-Husky refinery in Oregon, Ohio, that resulted in the deaths of two workers, who were brothers. Through interviews, animation, and investigative findings, the video lays out the cascading and worsening series of events and decisions made on the day of the incident that ultimately led to the deaths of the two brothers. The video also discusses the safety issues identified by the CSB and the recommendations issued by the agency to help prevent a similar incident from happening again.

CSB Chairperson Steve Owens said, "The tremendous response to this new video in such a short time -- and to the CSB's safety videos in general -- shows that people are concerned by the serious chemical incidents that happen throughout this country on a weekly basis and that they want to know how to keep them from happening again."

The BP-Husky video is the latest example of the CSB's continued reach through its safety-video program. During Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 (which just ended on September 30), the CSB released four new safety videos (including the BP-Husky video) that collectively already have been viewed more than 2 million times.

All told, CSB safety videos overall were viewed more than 6.4 million times on YouTube during FY 2026. The CSB's YouTube channel now has more than 429,000 subscribers, and since 2007, when the CSB's channel started, the agency's 106 videos have been viewed more than 76 million times. The CSB's

YouTube channel can be found at https://www.youtube.com/user/USCSB.

CSB safety videos translate the agency's technical investigations into accessible stories that explain what happened, why it happened, and what companies, workers, standard-setting organizations, and other government agencies can do to prevent similar incidents from occurring. The videos are used by industry, safety professionals, labor groups, educators, and others as a resource for learning from catastrophic incidents and improving safety training. By reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers with the lessons from a serious chemical incident, each CSB video helps increase safety for workers in chemical facilities and for the people who live in communities near those facilities.

The CSB is an independent federal agency charged with investigating incidents and hazards that result, or may result, in the catastrophic release of extremely hazardous substances. The agency's core mission activities include conducting incident investigations; formulating preventive or mitigative recommendations based on investigation findings and advocating for their implementation; issuing reports containing the findings, conclusions, and recommendations arising from incident investigations; and conducting studies on chemical hazards.

The agency's board members are appointed by the president subject to Senate confirmation. The Board does not issue citations or fines but makes safety recommendations to companies, industry organizations, labor groups, and regulatory agencies such as OSHA and EPA.

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