News Summary: BP missed hazard issues in spill

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THE REPORT: Federal investigators believe BP and the drilling contractor it hired to operate the ill-fated Deepwater Horizon focused too closely on workers’ personal safety at the expense of preventing major hazards, such as those that ultimately caused the rig to blow up in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.

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