RMP Data by the numbers as of November 2017

I am sorry I am a tad late on this year’s summary, but here are the numbers as they were in the latest database update.  Some surprises here…

• 12,380 RMPs on file
• 1,328 RMPs have an accident history
• 24 RMPs have had a fatal RMP accident
• 16,598 RMP injuries have occurred at these RMP sites
• 127,039 people have been evacuated due to incidents at these RMP sites
• $1,318,665,907 in property damage has been recorded due to incidents at these RMP sites

Here is the detailed breakdown of the “Top 10” Categories:

NOTE:  Here is the data in an EXCEL spreadsheet that you can sort and analyze as you see fit.

Top 10 States for RMP covered processes

#1 – Texas with 1,457

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 2,799

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 2,267,700,705

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 42,609,960,152

Number of 5-year accidents: 218

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 10

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 250

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $718,074,422

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Chlorine 679
   2. Ammonia (anhydrous) 627
   3. Flammable Mixture 534
   4. Propane 237
   5. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 132
   6. Butane 117
   7. Propylene [1-Propene] 84
   8. Isobutane [Propane, 2-methyl] 80
   9. Pentane 77
   10. Ethylene [Ethene] 60

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 521,170,796
   2. Vinyl acetate monomer [Acetic acid ethenyl ester] 369,219,100
   3. Propylene oxide [Oxirane, methyl-] 323,238,274
   4. Acrylonitrile [2-Propenenitrile] 238,631,041
   5. Chlorine 198,500,296

 

#2 – Illinois with 918

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 1,481

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 1,511,008,358

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 1,622,028,183

Number of 5-year accidents: 81

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 5

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 448

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $5,464,038

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities Top chemicals help link

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 998
   2. Chlorine 116
   3. Propane 52
   4. Flammable Mixture 47
   5. Butane 31
   6. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 26
   7. Isobutane [Propane, 2-methyl] 22
   8. Vinyl acetate monomer [Acetic acid ethenyl ester] 15
   9. Pentane 14
   10. Formaldehyde (solution) 13

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 1,419,663,526
   2. Chlorine 17,109,390
   3. Hydrogen fluoride/Hydrofluoric acid (conc 50% or greater) [Hydrofluoric acid] 14,687,848
   4. Vinyl acetate monomer [Acetic acid ethenyl ester] 12,109,247
   5. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 7,976,681

 

#3 – California with 863

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 1,900

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 339,277,537

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 1,344,161,549

Number of 5-year accidents: 106

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 0

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 15,171

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $9,741,573

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 729
   2. Chlorine 492
   3. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 136
   4. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 86
   5. Flammable Mixture 80
   6. Propane 63
   7. Butane 34
   8. Isobutane [Propane, 2-methyl] 25
   9. Hydrogen fluoride/Hydrofluoric acid (conc 50% or greater) [Hydrofluoric acid] 23
   10. Methane 20

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 212,054,828
   2. Chlorine 51,096,724
   3. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 41,208,635
   4. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 9,502,470
   5. Vinyl acetate monomer [Acetic acid ethenyl ester] 9,123,416

#4 – Iowa with 861

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 1,274

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 1,793,000,879

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 221,532,149

Number of 5-year accidents: 58

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 1

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 73

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $1,559,111

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 1,090
   2. Chlorine 48
   3. Propane 36
   4. Flammable Mixture 35
   5. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 12
   6. Pentane 9
   7. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 7
   8. Ethyl mercaptan [Ethanethiol] 5
   9. Methane 5
   10. Butane 3

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 1,779,116,584
   2. Chlorine 7,798,300
   3. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 2,566,287
   4. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 1,289,000
   5. Vinyl acetate monomer [Acetic acid ethenyl ester] 907,000

#5 – Kansas with 641

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 1,053

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 510,334,874

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 11,076,826,142

Number of 5-year accidents: 62

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 13

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 125

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $21,920,275

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 839
   2. Chlorine 66
   3. Flammable Mixture 42
   4. Propane 29
   5. Butane 16
   6. Isobutane [Propane, 2-methyl] 14
   7. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 12
   8. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 8
   9. Pentane 5
   10. Propylene oxide [Oxirane, methyl-] 5

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 453,761,136
   2. Chloroform [Methane, trichloro-] 22,695,000
   3. Chlorine 13,641,597
   4. Methyl chloride [Methane, chloro-] 5,420,000
   5. Hydrogen fluoride/Hydrofluoric acid (conc 50% or greater) [Hydrofluoric acid] 4,908,900

#6 – Indiana with 453

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 761

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 680,869,640

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 554,516,659

Number of 5-year accidents: 60

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 7

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 82

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $7,910,256

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 436
   2. Chlorine 126
   3. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 29
   4. Propane 26
   5. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 20
   6. Butane 17
   7. Flammable Mixture 16
   8. Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) [Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl-] 10
   9. Hydrogen 10
   10. Formaldehyde (solution) 8

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 611,148,668
   2. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 31,707,340
   3. Chlorine 16,183,402
   4. Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) [Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl-] 9,773,942
   5. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 1,945,825

#7 – Nebraska with 448

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 792

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 909,020,912

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 35,340,720

Number of 5-year accidents: 28

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 1

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 66

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $3,002,190

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 700
   2. Chlorine 32
   3. Flammable Mixture 24
   4. Propane 15
   5. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 9
   6. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 6
   7. Pentane 4
   8. Methane 3
   9. Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) [Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl-] 2
   10. Hydrogen 2

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 902,141,593
   2. Chlorine 2,776,800
   3. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 2,034,000
   4. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 1,778,562
   5. Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) [Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl-] 73,800

#8 – Minnesota with 417

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 732

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 601,072,509

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 278,554,621

Number of 5-year accidents: 41

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 1

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 35

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $161,300

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 514
   2. Chlorine 66
   3. Propane 66
   4. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 22
   5. Flammable Mixture 15
   6. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 14
   7. Pentane 10
   8. Butane 3
   9. Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) [Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl-] 3
   10. Formaldehyde (solution) 3

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 589,227,823
   2. Chlorine 5,660,900
   3. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 2,608,643
   4. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 2,312,795
   5. Formaldehyde (solution) 811,900

#9 – Ohio with 401

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 831

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 1,773,720,547

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 529,655,349

Number of 5-year accidents: 72

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 0

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 44

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $71,676,268

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 326
   2. Chlorine 153
   3. Flammable Mixture 38
   4. Propane 29
   5. Butane 21
   6. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 19
   7. Hydrogen fluoride/Hydrofluoric acid (conc 50% or greater) [Hydrofluoric acid] 18
   8. Formaldehyde (solution) 18
   9. Pentane 15
   10. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 15

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 1,375,573,500
   2. Acrylonitrile [2-Propenenitrile] 38,717,000
   3. Titanium tetrachloride [Titanium chloride (TiCl4) (T-4)-] 22,242,000
   4. Chlorine 22,060,549
   5. Vinyl acetate monomer [Acetic acid ethenyl ester] 20,207,000

#10 – Missouri with 365

Number of processes that could reach off-site: 570

Total pounds of toxic chemicals in processes: 287,515,822

Total pounds of flammable chemicals in processes: 51,962,414

Number of 5-year accidents: 42

Number of deaths from 5-year accidents: 0

Number of injuries from 5-year accidents: 22

Amount of property damage from 5-year accidents: $783,000

 

Top 10 chemicals for number of facilities

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 383
   2. Chlorine 87
   3. Propane 25
   4. Sulfur dioxide (anhydrous) 16
   5. Flammable Mixture 11
   6. Ammonia (conc 20% or greater) 8
   7. Toluene diisocyanate (unspecified isomer) [Benzene, 1,3-diisocyanatomethyl-] 7
   8. Isobutane [Propane, 2-methyl] 6
   9. Butane 6
   10. Difluoroethane [Ethane, 1,1-difluoro-] 6

Top 5 toxic chemicals for pounds in processes

1. 1. Ammonia (anhydrous) 253,422,093
   2. Chlorine 12,672,910
   3. Formaldehyde (solution) 4,707,135
   4. Hydrazine 4,000,000
   5. Ethylene oxide [Oxirane] 2,472,000

Top 10 States for RMP 5-year Accident History

1. Texas with 178
2. Louisiana with 118
3. California with 75
4. Illinois with 58
5. Oklahoma with 57
6. Ohio with 53
7. Arkansas with 49
8. Iowa with 47
9. Indiana with 44
10. Tennessee with 42

Top 10 States for RMP related Deaths

1. Indiana with 7
2. Texas with 5
3. Louisiana with 3
4. Kansas with 1
5. Nebraska with 1
6. Minnesota with 1
7. Oklahoma with 1
8. Wisconsin with 1
9. Tennessee with 1
10. South Carolina with 1

Top 10 States with RMP related Injuries

1. California with 15,098
2. Louisiana with 222
3. Texas with 185
4. Kentucky with 126
5. Kansas with 101
6. Arkansas with 72
7. Puerto Rico with 71
8. Iowa with 66
9. Nebraska with 61
10. North Carolina with 51

Top 10 States with RMP related Evacuations

1. California with 75,526
2. Texas with 12,277
3. Louisiana with 9,706
4. Florida with 5,009
5. Kentucky with 5,000
6. North Carolina with 2,830
7. Pennsylvania with 2,319
8. Puerto Rico with 2,000
9. Ohio with 1,464
10. Arkansas with 1,327

Top 10 States with RMP releated property damage

1. Texas with $644,367,042
2. Louisiana with $216,709,465
3. Wyoming with $73,598,500
4. Ohio with $71,676,268
5. Arkansas with $52,232,813
6. Oklahoma with $36,270,405
7. Mississippi with $33,380,098
8. West Virginia with $30,025,100
9. Tennessee with $24,028,648
10. Delaware with $23,641,000