Law360, New York (October 05, 2010, 6:34 PM ET) -- Tesoro Corp. has been fined $2.39 million for allegedly violating several health and safety regulations that Washington state regulators say could have prevented a deadly explosion at its Anacortes, Wash., refinery in April.
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries announced the fine Monday after a six-month investigation into the blast that killed seven people, the worst of its kind in the state in the past 37 years.
The agency cited Tesoro, a Texas-based refiner and marketer of petroleum products, for 39 willful violations and five...
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