RFID-enabled tags in badges help BP track employees and visitors
04 June, 2006
category: RFID
Tracking ordinary peeps with RFID has stirred a bit of controversy as of late (um, VeriChip). But BP Refinery’s on its way to a big thumb’s up in OSHA compliance, in using RFID technology for its evacuation system, reports RFID Journal.
The refinery, reportedly the largest in Washington State, produces 3.5 million gallons of gasoline, 2.5 million gallons of jet fuel and 2.2 million gallons of diesel fuel each day. All employees, contractors and visitors at BP Cherry Point will wear RFID enabled badges in the refinery’s processing area, tank farm and docks – operators, then, will know precisely where they are in case of emergency, the journal reported.